-
nounsomething intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Similar:
-
nouna person who makes deceitful pretenses
-
nounintentional deception resulting in injury to another person
Definition that contains fraud
- bastard fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- fake fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- phony fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- bogus fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- phoney fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- intrinsic fraud fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud
- extrinsic fraud fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial
- fraud in the factum fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract
- fraud in the inducement fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute an instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts
- fraud in law fraud that is presumed from the circumstances although the one who commits it need not have had any evil intent