fraud

[frɔːd]

Definition:
1. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
2. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
3. Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.

Use 'fraud' in a sentence:

1. He was convicted of fraud.
2. The SEC has filed fraud charges and is launching an investigation.
3. He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.
4. A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud.
5. American credit-card fraud amounts to about $5.5 billion annually.
6. The charges against him include fraud, bribery, and falsifying business records.
7. He's nothing but a liar and a fraud.
8. Ganley said he'd seen no evidence of widespread fraud.
9. Next to her I felt like a fraud.
10. She went through the company's accounts, looking for evidence of fraud.
11. She was exposed as a liar and a fraud.
12. Fraud is an entirely different matter.
13. Both sides presented closing arguments this week in the securities fraud trial of Charles Keating.
14. This is not the first time he has been investigated by the police for fraud.
15. The company's financial problems followed the revelation of a major fraud scandal.
16. The club is under investigation by the fraud squad.
17. A fraud trial involving two homosexual lawyers was abandoned.
18. Auditors said they had uncovered evidence of fraud.
19. Prosecutors may soon seek an indictment on racketeering and fraud charges.
20. Other charges include fraud and illegal appropriation of land.
21. The association believes new technology will provide a long-term solution to credit card fraud.
22. Kelly points to cyber-currency fraud and micropayments.
23. One real concern, however, is the increase in the amount of fraud.
24. The firm collapsed amid allegations of fraud.
25. U.S. prosecutors have widened a securities-fraud investigation.
26. Why does it take 253 days to try a case of fraud?
27. He is a big cheese in the Art Fraud Squad.
28. It was later discovered that the diaries were a fraud.
29. They combed through the files for evidence of fraud.
30. She felt a fraud accepting their sympathy.
31. There was evidence of massive fraud.
32. Fraud trials are often complex and have become an expensive drain on the public purse.
33. He's probably going to finish up in jail for business fraud.
34. No one article can ever do justice to the topic of fraud.
35. He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud.
36. He did a ten-year stretch for fraud.
37. 4 billion in card fraud on a global basis.
38. She appeared in court on three counts of fraud.
39. Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character.
40. Chip and PIN is designed to combat credit card fraud.
41. She was charged with credit card fraud.
42. The new card will safeguard the company against fraud.
43. He's a fraud and a cheat.
44. He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.
45. In extreme cases, insurance companies can prosecute for fraud.
46. Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police.
47. This is a clear case of fraud.