Associations to the word «Fraud»

Wiktionary

FRAUD, noun. Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
FRAUD, noun. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
FRAUD, noun. A person who performs any such trick.
FRAUD, noun. (obsolete) A trap or snare.
FRAUD, verb. (obsolete) To defraud
FRAUD SQUAD, noun. A police section specializing in fraud.

Dictionary definition

FRAUD, noun. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
FRAUD, noun. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
FRAUD, noun. Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn