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fraud

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  1. deception              2. imposture             
 
fraud \'fro.d\ n [ME fraude, fr. MF, fr. L fraud-, fraus; akin to Skt 
   dhvar]ati he bends, injures 1a: DECEIT, TRICKERY; specif : intentional 
   perversion o f truth in order to induce another to part with something of 
   value or to surrender a legal right 1b: an act of deceiving or 
   misrepresenting : TRICK  2a: one who is not what he pretends to be : 
   IMPOSTOR  2b: one who defrauds : CHEAT