fraud B2 Topic:Crime & Justice US /fɹɔd/ UK /fɹɔːd/ See IPA manual Freq #3876 Meanings 1 noun The crime of deceiving people to gain money or an unfair advantage. He was sent to prison for tax fraud. 2 noun A person who pretends to be something they are not in order to deceive others. The so-called doctor turned out to be a fraud. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the crime of deceiving... deceitscamswindlegrift 2 noun · a person who pretends to be... fakefakerimpostorshampretender Word family Forms frauds Derived forms antifraudbefraudbiofraudcopyfraudcounterfraudcyberfrauddefraude-fraudfraudfulfraudiencefrauditorfraudless Common collocations extrinsic fraud Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”). fraude Middle English fraus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Crime & Justice External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fraud **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /fɹɔd/ **IPA (UK):** /fɹɔːd/ **Frequency rank:** 3876 ## Meanings 1. The crime of deceiving people to gain money or an unfair advantage. 2. A person who pretends to be something they are not in order to deceive others. ## Examples - He was sent to prison for tax fraud. - The so-called doctor turned out to be a fraud. ## Derived Forms - antifraud - befraud - biofraud - copyfraud - counterfraud - cyberfraud - defraud - e-fraud - fraudful - fraudience - frauditor - fraudless ## Roots and Affixes - Root: fraude - Root: fraus ## Etymology From Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”). ## AI Etymology Fraud comes from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”). In current use, the main senses are “The crime of deceiving people to gain money or an unfair advantage” and “A person who pretends to be something they are not in order to deceive others”. ## Topics - Crime & Justice markdown