Fraud

//fɹɔd//

Synonyms for "fraud" (275 found)

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Related words (137)

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16 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

8 entries

Related terms

9 entries

derived

47 entries

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distinct from

2 entries

has context

1 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

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related to

112 entries

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Translations

199 translations across 61 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • bedrieër noun (one who performs fraud)
  • bedrog noun (act of deception)

Albanian

2 entries
  • kurth noun (act of deception)
  • mashtrrim noun (act of deception)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀπατεών noun (one who performs fraud)

Arabic

3 entries
  • اِحْتِيال noun (act of deception)
  • تَزْوِير noun (act of deception)
  • غِشّ noun (act of deception)

Armenian

4 entries
  • խաբեբա noun (one who performs fraud)
  • խաբեբայություն noun (act of deception)
  • խարդախ noun (one who performs fraud)
  • խարդախություն noun (act of deception)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • fırıldaq noun (act of deception)
  • fırıldaqçı noun (one who performs fraud)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ашука́нства noun (act of deception)
  • круце́льства noun (act of deception)
  • махля́рства noun (act of deception)
  • машэ́льніцтва noun (act of deception)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • धोखा noun (act of deception)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • изма́ма noun (act of deception)
  • изма́ми noun (act of deception)
  • измамник noun (one who performs fraud)
  • мошеник noun (one who performs fraud)

Catalan

4 entries
  • defraudador noun (one who performs fraud)
  • defraudadora noun (one who performs fraud)
  • frau noun (act of deception)
  • impostor noun (one who performs fraud)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 詐欺 /诈欺 noun (act of deception)
  • 詐騙 /诈骗 noun (act of deception)
  • 詐騙 /诈骗 noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)
  • 騙局 /骗局 noun (act of deception)

Czech

1 entries
  • podvod noun (act of deception)

Danish

4 entries
  • bedrager noun (one who performs fraud)
  • bedrageri noun (act of deception)
  • bedrageri noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)
  • forfalskning noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bedrieger noun (one who performs fraud)
  • bedrog noun (act of deception)
  • charlatan noun (one who performs fraud)
  • flessentrekkerij noun (act of deception)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • fraŭdo noun (act of deception)
  • trompo noun (act of deception)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kelmus noun (act of deception)

Faroese

1 entries
  • svik noun (act of deception)

Finnish

4 entries
  • huijaaminen noun (act of deception)
  • huijari noun (one who performs fraud)
  • huijaus noun (act of deception)
  • huijaus noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)

French

4 entries
  • charlatan noun (one who performs fraud)
  • fraude noun (act of deception)
  • fraudeur noun (one who performs fraud)
  • imposteur noun (one who performs fraud)

Galician

4 entries
  • faramalleiro noun (one who performs fraud)
  • fraude noun (act of deception)
  • moinante noun (one who performs fraud)
  • truán noun (one who performs fraud)

Georgian

1 entries
  • თაღლითობა noun (act of deception)

German

4 entries
  • Betrug noun (act of deception)
  • Betrüger noun (one who performs fraud)
  • Betrügerin noun (one who performs fraud)
  • Hochstapelei noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)

Greek

2 entries
  • απάτη noun (act of deception)
  • απατεώνας noun (one who performs fraud)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רַמָּאוּת noun (act of deception)

Hindi

4 entries
  • छल noun (act of deception)
  • छलिया noun (one who performs fraud)
  • झाँसा noun (act of deception)
  • धोखा noun (act of deception)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csalás noun (act of deception)
  • csaló noun (one who performs fraud)
  • szélhámos noun (one who performs fraud)
  • szélhámosság noun (act of deception)

Ido

1 entries
  • fraudo noun (act of deception)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • penipu noun (one who performs fraud)
  • penipuan noun (act of deception)

Irish

1 entries
  • calaois noun (act of deception)

Italian

3 entries
  • baratteria noun (act of deception)
  • frode noun (act of deception)
  • frodi noun (act of deception)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ペテン師 noun (one who performs fraud)
  • 詐欺 noun (act of deception)
  • 詐欺師 noun (one who performs fraud)

Korean

1 entries
  • 사기 noun (act of deception)

Latin

3 entries
  • captiō noun (act of deception)
  • fraudātor noun (one who performs fraud)
  • fraus noun (act of deception)

Latvian

1 entries
  • krāpšana noun (act of deception)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • sukčiavimas noun (act of deception)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • измама noun (act of deception)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • കള്ളം noun (act of deception)
  • തട്ടിപ്പുകാരൻ noun (one who performs fraud)
  • തട്ടിപ്പ് noun (act of deception)
  • വഞ്ചകൻ noun (one who performs fraud)

Māori

3 entries
  • hara taware noun (act of deception)
  • hara tāware noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)
  • hoko tāhae noun (act of deception)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • bedrageri noun (act of deception)
  • svindel noun (act of deception)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • écubus noun (act of deception)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آینهجی noun (one who performs fraud)

Persian

4 entries
  • آپارتی noun (one who performs fraud)
  • شیاد noun (one who performs fraud)
  • شیادی noun (act of deception)
  • فریب noun (act of deception)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schwindel noun (act of deception)

Polish

4 entries
  • oszust noun (one who performs fraud)
  • oszustka noun (one who performs fraud)
  • oszustwo noun (act of deception)
  • szachraj noun (one who performs fraud)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • estelionato noun (act of deception)
  • falcatrua noun (act of deception)
  • falsidade ideológica noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)
  • fraudador noun (one who performs fraud)

Romanian

1 entries
  • înșelăciune noun (act of deception)

Russian

4 entries
  • афе́ра noun (act of deception)
  • афери́ст noun (one who performs fraud)
  • жу́лик noun (one who performs fraud)
  • жу́льничество noun (act of deception)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • कपट noun (act of deception)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prevara noun (act of deception)
  • prevarant noun (one who performs fraud)
  • превара noun (act of deception)
  • преварант noun (one who performs fraud)

Slovak

1 entries
  • podvod noun (act of deception)

Slovene

3 entries
  • goljufija noun (act of deception)
  • potegavščina noun (act of deception)
  • prevara noun (act of deception)

Spanish

4 entries
  • defraudador noun (one who performs fraud)
  • dolo noun (act of deception)
  • fraude noun (act of deception)
  • trafa noun (act of deception)

Swahili

2 entries
  • ghashi noun (act of deception)
  • sakata noun (act of deception)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bedragare noun (one who performs fraud)
  • bedrägeri noun (act of deception)
  • bedrägeri noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)
  • förfalskning noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • daya noun (act of deception)
  • daya noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)
  • pandaraya noun (act of deception)
  • pandaraya noun (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)

Thai

3 entries
  • การฉ้อโกง noun (act of deception)
  • การทุจริต noun (act of deception)
  • การโกง noun (act of deception)

Turkish

1 entries
  • dolandırıcılık noun (act of deception)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • шахра́й noun (one who performs fraud)
  • шахра́йство noun (act of deception)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • sự gian lận noun (act of deception)
  • sự gian trá noun (act of deception)
  • sự lừa lọc noun (act of deception)

Welsh

1 entries
  • twyll noun (act of deception)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שווינדל noun (act of deception)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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The old woman fell an easy prey to the fraud.

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The plan was a masterpiece of fraud.

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To my knowledge, he has not been involved in the fraud scheme.

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He's just a fraud who pretends to be a doctor.

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