fraude — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deceit noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
- embezzlement noun The crime of secretly stealing money or property that was entrusted to your care, usually by an employee from an employer.
- fraud noun The crime of deceiving someone to gain money or an unfair advantage.
- hoax noun Something made up on purpose to trick or deceive people.
- racket noun A handled frame strung with cord, used to hit a ball or shuttlecock in sports like tennis or badminton.
- scam noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick people out of money.
- swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.
- trickery noun The use of deceit or clever schemes to mislead or cheat someone.
Senses
fraude is used for these senses in English:
- deceit An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- embezzlement (legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
- fraud Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- hoax Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
- racket An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
- rip-off (countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.
- scam A fraudulent deal.
- swindle An instance of swindling.
deceit — full definition
- noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
- noun In law, a false statement made knowingly or recklessly to trick someone into relying on it, causing them harm.