(obsolete) To defraud

(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.

Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; fraudulent.

plural of fraud

present participle of fraud

simple past tense and past participle of fraud

The state, quality, or condition of being fraudful; deceitfulness.

An act of innocent deceit, technically using the methods of a fraudster but for an honest, honorable purpose. / A person involved in such a fraud.

Fraud whose victims are susceptible because they trust the perpetrator as a member of their circle.

(US, law) A felony of a particular class subject to a separate and additional federal penalty for any crime of fraud involving the use of technological communications methods such as wire, radio, or television.