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fraudsnounpl. of fraud an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of valuethousands of people lost money when the investment scheme turned out to be a fraud buncos(or bunkos), cons, fiddles(chiefly British), flimflams, gyps, hustles, scams, shell games, stings, swindles crosses, fixesPonzi schemes, pyramid schemesrackets, rip-offsthimblerigs, three-card montesdevices, dodges, gimmicks, jigs, ploys, schemes, sleights, stratagems, tricks, wilescounterfeits, fakes, forgeries, hoaxes, humbug, phonies(also phoneys), shams one who makes false claims of identity or expertisethe "blind" panhandler was just a fraud trying to con holiday shoppers out of their money charlatans, fakers, fakes, fakirs, hoaxers, humbugs, impostors(or imposters), mountebanks, phonies(also phoneys), pretenders, quacks, quacksalvers, ringers, shams copycats, imitators, impersonators, mimicsactors, bluffers, counterfeiters, deceivers, dissemblers, duper, feigners, misleaders, operators, trickstersposeurscozeners, defrauders, dodgers, fraudsters(chiefly British), scammers, scamsters, sharpers, sharpies, skinners, swindlers aces, adepts, authorities, crackerjacks(also crackajacks), experts, maestros(or maestri), masters, past masters, professionals, virtuosos(or virtuosi), whizzes, wizards |