Full Definition of fraud
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1a : deceit, trickery; specifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right
1b : an act of deceiving or misrepresenting : trick -
2a : a person who is not what he or she pretends to be : impostor; also : one who defrauds: cheat
2b : one that is not what it seems or is represented to be