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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fraud /frɔːd/
▶noun
  • 1 wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
  • 2 a person or thing intended to deceive.
– derivatives
fraudster noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. fraude, from L. fraus, fraud- ‘deceit, injury’.



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