nnoun.actintentional deception resulting in injury to another personHypernyms:crime criminal offence criminal offense law-breaking
Inherited Hypernyms:fraudcrimeoffensetransgressionwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:barratrycheatcollateral fraudconstructive fraudelection fraudextrinsic fraudfraud in factfraud in the factumfraud in the inducementidentity theftintrinsic fraudlegal fraudmail fraudpositive fraudrigswindle
Full Hyponyms:barratrybuncoconstructive fraudelection fraudextrinsic fraudfraud in factfraud in lawfraud in the factumfraud in the inducementgypholdoutidentity theftintrinsic fraudmail fraudpyramidingscamshell gamesting operationswindleswiz
nnoun.persona person who makes deceitful pretensesSynset:fake faker imposter impostor pretender pseud pseudo role player sham shammer
Derivationally Related Form:pretendfakesham
Hypernyms:beguiler cheat cheater deceiver slicker trickster
Inherited Hypernyms:imposterdeceiverwrongdoerbad personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:imposterdeceiverwrongdoerbad personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:name dropperringer
Full Hyponyms:name dropperringer
nnoun.actsomething intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantageSynset:dupery fraudulence hoax humbug put-on
Derivationally Related Form:dupefraudulenthumbugput onhoax
Hypernyms:chicane chicanery guile shenanigan trickery wile
Inherited Hypernyms:fraudtrickerydeceptionfalsificationwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:goldbrick