fraud
/ˈfɹɔd/ sustantivo B2En español: fraude, dolo, trafa, defraudador
- The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- A person who performs any such trick.
Plural frauds
De la biblioteca
The Sheep, fearing some fraud was intended, excused herself, saying, “The Wolf is accustomed to seize what he wants and to run off; and you, too, can quickly outstrip me in your rapid flight.
“Well, I thought over the matter all day, and by evening I was in low spirits again; for I had quite persuaded myself that the whole affair must be some great hoax or fraud, though what its object might be I could not imagine.
We must now find out if our other correspondent is a fraud also.
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