Main Entry:

fraud

Pronunciation:

\ˈfrȯd\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English fraude, from Anglo-French, from Latin fraud-, fraus

Date:

14th century

1 a: deceit, trickery ; specifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right b: an act of deceiving or misrepresenting : trick2 a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be : impostor ; also : one who defrauds : cheat b: one that is not what it seems or is represented to be

synonyms see deception, imposture