| fraud | | |
| n. (act) | 1. fraud | intentional deception resulting in injury to another person. |
| ~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ barratry | (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo. |
| ~ identity theft | the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge. |
| ~ mail fraud | use of the mails to defraud someone. |
| ~ election fraud | misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election. |
| ~ constructive fraud, legal fraud | comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence. |
| ~ collateral fraud, extrinsic fraud | fraud that prevents a party from knowing their rights or from having a fair opportunity of presenting them at trial. |
| ~ fraud in fact, positive fraud | actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another. |
| ~ fraud in the factum | fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract. |
| ~ fraud in the inducement | fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts. |
| ~ intrinsic fraud | fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud. |
| ~ swindle, cheat, rig | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.; "that book is a fraud" |
| n. (person) | 2. fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer | a person who makes deceitful pretenses. |
| ~ beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, cheat, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true. |
| ~ name dropper | someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends. |
| ~ ringer | a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses. |
| n. (act) | 3. dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on | something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. |
| ~ chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, chicane, guile | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them). |
| ~ goldbrick | anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless. |
| racket | | |
| n. (event) | 1. racket | a loud and disturbing noise. |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (act) | 2. fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, racket | an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit. |
| ~ endeavor, endeavour, enterprise | a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness).; "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. dissonance, noise, racket | the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.; "modern music is just noise to me" |
| ~ auditory sensation, sound | the subjective sensation of hearing something.; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. racket, racquet | a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games. |
| ~ badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore | a light long-handled racket used by badminton players. |
| ~ crosse | a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse. |
| ~ face | the striking or working surface of an implement. |
| ~ handgrip, handle, grip, hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" |
| ~ sports implement | an implement used in a sport. |
| ~ squash racket, squash racquet, bat | a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash. |
| ~ tennis racket, tennis racquet | a racket used to play tennis. |
| v. (social) | 5. jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up | celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" |
| ~ fete, celebrate | have a celebration.; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" |
| ~ carouse, roister, riot | engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.; "They were out carousing last night" |
| v. (perception) | 6. racket | make loud and annoying noises. |
| ~ make noise, noise, resound | emit a noise. |
| v. (contact) | 7. racket | hit (a ball) with a racket. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| scam | | |
| n. (act) | 1. cozenage, scam | a fraudulent business scheme. |
| ~ swindle, cheat, rig | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.; "that book is a fraud" |
| v. (social) | 2. bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize | deprive of by deceit.; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" |
| ~ short, short-change | cheat someone by not returning him enough money. |
| ~ cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit.; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
| con | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. con | an argument opposed to a proposal. |
| ~ argument, statement | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true.; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true" |
| n. (person) | 2. con, convict, inmate, yard bird, yardbird | a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison. |
| ~ lifer | a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment. |
| ~ captive, prisoner | a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war. |
| ~ trusty | a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges. |
| n. (act) | 3. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. |
| ~ sting operation | a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals). |
| ~ swindle, cheat, rig | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.; "that book is a fraud" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. con, learn, memorise, memorize | commit to memory; learn by heart.; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" |
| ~ understudy, alternate | be an understudy or alternate for a role. |
| ~ hit the books, study | learn by reading books.; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now" |
| adv. | 5. con | in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc..; "much was written pro and con" |
| dupe | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dupe, victim | a person who is tricked or swindled. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ laughingstock, goat, stooge, butt | a victim of ridicule or pranks. |
| ~ chump, fall guy, gull, patsy, soft touch, sucker, fool, mug, mark | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. |
| ~ lamb | a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters). |
| ~ easy mark, sitting duck | a defenseless victim. |
| v. (communication) | 2. befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in | fool or hoax.; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" |
| ~ kid, pull the leg of | tell false information to for fun.; "Are you pulling my leg?" |
| ~ deceive, lead astray, betray | cause someone to believe an untruth.; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" |
| gyp | | |
| swindle | | |
| n. (act) | 1. cheat, rig, swindle | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.; "that book is a fraud" |
| ~ cozenage, scam | a fraudulent business scheme. |
| ~ fraud | intentional deception resulting in injury to another person. |
| ~ bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, con, sting | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. |
| ~ pyramiding | a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated. |
| ~ holdout | the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later. |
| ~ swiz | British slang for a swindle. |
| ~ shell game, thimblerig | a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under. |
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