Synonyms for fraud
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Swindle — the crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics
swindle, chicanery, deceit, scam, deception, dishonesty, double-dealing, trickery, duplicity, ruse, treachery, imposition, artifice, trick, stratagem, guile, wile, craft, grift slang US, cozenage rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- n. 2
A person who performs any such trick.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- frauds → swindles, chicaneries, deceits, scams…
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A cheat is a mean advantage in a bargain; a fraud, any form of covert robbery or injury.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- scam I wonder whether or not this is some sort of scam.
- deceit He acquired a great fortune by using deceit and treachery.
- swindle Be careful. He's not an easy one to swindle.
- chicanery Dennis was known for chicanery and sleight-of-hand.
- cheat I felt like hitting him when he tried to cheat me.
By length
- 3 letters
- rig1
- 4 letters
- sell1, fake1, scam1, hoax1, sham1, ruse1, wile1
- 5 letters
- trick1, craft1, cheat1, graft1, guile1, faker2, grift, pseud
- 6 letters
- pseudo2, fiddle2, deceit2
- 7 letters
- cheater2, swindle2
- 8 letters
- cheating2, delusion3, trickery3, imposter3, artifice3, deceiver, swindler3, cozenage
- 9 letters
- deception3, treachery3, trickster2, pretender3, charlatan3, duplicity4, fraudster2, stratagem3, swindling2, chicanery4, imposture
- 10 letters
- dishonesty4, imposition4
- 11 letters
- fraudulence
- 13 letters
- circumvention4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (faker2 = 2 syllables).