fraud

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fɹɔːd/

Noun

countable uncountable obsolete

(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics. / Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.

Japanese Meaning

相手を欺いて不正な利益を得る行為、すなわち詐欺行為全般を指す（詐欺罪など、虚偽の手段で金銭や財産を不法に取得する犯罪）

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The accountant was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud after embezzling company funds.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その会計士は会社の資金を横領した後、詐欺の罪で懲役5年の刑を言い渡された。

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Sense（1）

(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

Sense（2）

Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.

When success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends.

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Sense（3）

The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

Sense（4）

A person who performs any such trick.

Sense（5）

(obsolete) A trap or snare.

to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud

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frauds

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