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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fraud /frɔd/USA pronunciation n. - trickery carried out for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage:[uncountable]mail fraud.
- something that is not what it pretends:[countable]That charity is a fraud.
- [countable] a deceitful person;
impostor.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fraud (frôd),USA pronunciation n. - deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- a particular instance of such deceit or trickery:mail fraud; election frauds.
- any deception, trickery, or humbug:That diet book is a fraud and a waste of time.
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses;
sham;
poseur.
- Medieval Latin fraud- (stem of fraus) deceit, injury
- Old French
- Middle English fraude 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See deceit.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wile, hoax.
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