| Main Entry: |
fraud |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
trickery, deception |
Synonyms: |
artifice, bamboozlement, barratry,
blackmail,
cheat, chicane,
chicanery,
con,
craft*,
deceit, double-dealing, dupery, duping,
duplicity,
extortion,
fake, fast one, fast shuffle, flimflam, fourberie, fraudulence, graft,
guile, hanky-panky,
hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwinking,
hustle*, imposture,
line, misrepresentation, racket,
scam,
sell, shakedown,
sham*, sharp practice, skunk,
smoke*, song and dance,
song*, spuriousness,
sting, string,
swindle, swindling,
treachery
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Antonyms: |
fairness, honesty, justice
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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