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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

  1. noun The act of deliberately misleading someone; a trick or lie meant to fool someone.
  2. noun In law, a false statement made knowingly or recklessly to trick someone into relying on it, causing them harm.

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