frauds

Meaning of frauds

plural noun
  1. wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
    he was convicted of fraud
    prosecutions for social security frauds

Middle English: from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, fraud- ‘deceit, injury’.

Information about frauds

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of frauds is: fraud.
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Hyphenation of frauds

frauds

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • frauds is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

frauds synonyms

Meaning act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage:

cheating

Meaning use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions:

swindling

Meaning the practice of deception:

trickery

Meaning clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others:

artifice

Meaning the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth:

deceit

Meaning the action of deceiving someone:

deception

Meaning deceitfulness:

duplicity

Meaning betrayal of trust:

treachery

Meaning the use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose:

chicanery

Meaning underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or activities:

skulduggery

Meaning an instance of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others:

imposture

Meaning theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer:

embezzlement

Meaning secret or dishonest activity or manoeuvring:

shenanigans

Meaning nonsensical or insincere talk:

flimflam

Meaning mischievous behaviour:

monkeyshines

Meaning the process of dealing with or controlling things or people:

management

Meaning a cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone:

trick

Meaning a person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage:

cheat

Meaning a humorous or malicious deception:

hoax

Meaning deceit used in order to achieve one's goal:

subterfuge

Meaning a plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end:

stratagem

Meaning devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants:

wile

Meaning an action intended to deceive someone; a trick:

ruse

Meaning a fraudulent scheme or action:

swindle

Meaning a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash:

racket

Meaning a dishonest scheme; a fraud:

scam

Meaning an instance of deceiving or tricking someone:

con

Meaning a carefully planned operation, typically one involving deception:

sting

Meaning an act of cheating someone; a swindle:

gyp

Meaning a toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string:

kite

Meaning cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something:

diddle

Meaning an act of defrauding, cheating, or falsifying:

fiddle

Meaning a mixed alcoholic drink, especially a frothy one of rum or gin and bitters:

swizzle

Meaning a swindle or confidence trick:

bunco

Meaning an unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent project:

boondoggle

Meaning a state of great activity:

hustle

Meaning a petty or small-scale swindle:

grift

Meaning a fraudulent or dishonest act or practice:

rort

Words that rhyme with frauds

bauds, kilobauds, ribauds, scauds, dauds, gauds, hauds, uphauds, Lauds, applauds, belauds, blauds, lauds, mauds, crapauds, defrauds, marauds, yauds

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