Biofraud

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Fraud in the context of biotechnology or a biological study. rare, uncountable

    "Details of "the great biofraud," as the The Washington Times has dubbed the affair, first emerged just before Christmas. Wainwright and six other state and federal wildlife scientists in Washington State allegedly "planted" clumps of wild lynx fur ..."

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"Details of "the great biofraud," as the The Washington Times has dubbed the affair, first emerged just before Christmas. Wainwright and six other state and federal wildlife scientists in Washington State allegedly "planted" clumps of wild lynx fur ..."

Etymology

From bio- + fraud.

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