fraud
wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain
Fraud in a sentence
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The auditors uncovered a widespread fraud that had gone undetected for years.
Auditors uncovered an elaborate fraud in which shell companies billed the agency for services never rendered.
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Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.
Using “fraud” well
Fraud refers to deliberate deception carried out for unlawful gain, and can name both the act and the person who commits it. It is graver than ordinary dishonesty because it implies intent to cheat someone of money or rights.
More GRE words starting with F
to make up something false in order to deceive
a deliberately false statement or invented account intended to mislead
a person who invents elaborate or untruthful stories
treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor
achieved too easily and therefore superficial or shallow
to make an action or process easier or more achievable
a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition
inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
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