OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16319

fraud

/fɹɔːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dolo • fraude • trafa
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and ins…
When success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends.
defraudador
A person who performs any such trick.
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