fraud

  1. Noun.  Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
  2. Noun.  The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
  3. Noun.  A person who performs any such trick.
  4. Verb.  (obsolete) To defraud.

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