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In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law or criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property, or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.

Related Definition

  1. fraud:

    n (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

    n Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.

    n The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

    n A person who performs any such trick.

    n (obsolete) A trap or snare.

    v (obsolete) To defraud


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