Synonym: dishonesty, swindle, trickery. Similar words: trauma, frame, frankly, fragile, fragment, fraction, franchise, framework. Meaning: [frɔːd] n. 1. intentional deception resulting in injury to another person 2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses 3. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.
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(211) The directors of the company made millions from cooking the books before the fraud investigators caught them.
(212) On Dec. 10 the Serious Fraud Office confirmed that it would not be taking further action.
(213) The complicated ballot sheet was also relatively easily altered for the purposes of electoral fraud.
(214) Half were victims of credit card fraud while 41 percent were targets for shoplifters.
(215) Scarborough magistrates were told that the case involved a large-scale mortgage fraud alleged to have occurred between January 1985 and February 1988.
(216) Congress on Oct. 1 approved legislation giving the Securities and Exchange Commission extensive new powers to regulate markets and combat fraud.
(217) This then ensures that fraud can not be committed without the collusion of at least two individuals.
(218) Fraud was a legal concept,[www.Sentencedict.com] but dishonesty is largely a matter for the jury.
(219) We were the shysters who were into every business deal jamming the honest flow of commerce with fakery and fraud.
(220) Federal organizations have been monitoring the Internet for deceptive advertisements, consumer fraud, and other unlawful activities.
(221) Details regarding the firm's demise are a little hazy, and the matter has now been referred to the Fraud Squad.
(222) Over financial fraud, bounty fees, patient intimidation, fees for referrals, guerrilla marketing.
(223) Earlier, he had been detained by fraud police from North Yorkshire investigating alleged offences under the Banking Act.
(224) Clearly, however, that does not mean that the City is riddled with fraud or that the regulatory system has failed.
(225) Both savings and loans are protected by life insurance, and also by insurance against fraud and theft.
(226) Anyone who discloses financial information via the internet is vulnerable to fraud or electronic mix-ups.
(227) Read in studio A firm has come up with a new high-tech way to beat credit card fraud.
(228) Three have been convicted on fraud or conspiracy charges, including the McDougals and former Arkansas Gov.
(229) McDougal was convicted of Whitewater-related fraud charges last year, along with his former wife and the governor of Arkansas.
(230) The auditors check the accuracy of accounts and seek to recover money lost through fraud.
(231) Trudeau pleaded guilty to credit-card fraud in 1991 and was sentenced to 24 months in jail.
(232) I was a fraud, a composite of traits I felt rightfully belonged to these two.
(233) Britain has been notoriously ineffective in dealing with offences like financial fraud, market manipulation and insider dealing.
(234) The Computer Security Institute, which conducted the survey, said the losses were caused by industrial espionage, hacking and fraud.
(235) It appears that the regulatory authorities are extremely slow at detecting fraud.
(236) Wilson said the Justice Department will begin distributing the money to fraud victims after sentencing in August.
(237) After several years of investigations, the Boys Ranch was indicted on criminal Medicaid fraud and grand theft charges last April.
(238) This, it argues, would minimise the risk of fraud that open borders would generate.
(239) This insurance plan will be too hard to administer and will encourage fraud.
(240) The board reported in March that there is little hard evidence about the amount of this new type of fraud.
More similar words: trauma, frame, frankly, fragile, fragment, fraction, franchise, framework, be afraid to, infrastructure.