fraud
noun
[ frɔːd ]
• wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
• "he was convicted of fraud"
Similar:
fraudulence,
sharp practice,
cheating,
swindling,
trickery,
artifice,
deceit,
deception,
double-dealing,
duplicity,
treachery,
chicanery,
skulduggery,
imposture,
embezzlement,
monkey business,
funny business,
crookedness,
hanky-panky,
shenanigans,
flimflam,
jiggery-pokery,
monkeyshines,
management,
knavery,
trick,
cheat,
hoax,
subterfuge,
stratagem,
wile,
ruse,
swindle,
racket,
scam,
con,
con trick,
rip-off,
leg-pull,
sting,
gyp,
kite,
diddle,
fiddle,
swizzle,
bunco,
boondoggle,
hustle,
grift,
rort,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, fraud- ‘deceit, injury’.