fraud

/frɔːd/ noun

Definition

CRIME [U] › when someone does something illegal in order to get money: credit card fraud

PERSON [C] › someone who deceives people by pretending to be someone or something that they are not

(Definition of fraud noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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