fraud
noun
deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
frauds
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pluralof fraud.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Now they crowdsource questions about when the beds will come and how they will work and argue over which medbed whistleblowers are real and which are frauds.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The FBI handles international cyber frauds and cross-border financial crimes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Mr. Bryson’s pivotal summer is full of heroes, frauds, fads and marvels, but the reader is aware of what the revelers cannot yet imagine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Acts of Man are human-made but not policy-driven, including frauds such as Edwin Ludlow’s misappropriation of funds from the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. in 1857, or the savings-and-loan failures in the mid-1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The professionals made no secret of their disdain for the amateurs, whom they regarded as annoyances, cranks, or frauds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
