| frau | (n) a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman | | fraud | (n) intentional deception resulting in injury to another person | | fraud | (n) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage, Syn. humbug, dupery, hoax, put-on, fraudulence | | fraud in fact | (n) actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another, Syn. positive fraud | | fraud in law | (n) fraud that is presumed from the circumstances although the one who commits it need not have had any evil intent | | fraud in the factum | (n) fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract | | fraud in the inducement | (n) fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts | | fraudulence | (n) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation, Syn. duplicity | | fraudulence | (n) the quality of being fraudulent, Syn. deceit | | fraudulently | (adv) in a dishonest and fraudulent manner, Example: this money was fraudulently obtained |
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| Frau | ‖n.; pl. Frauen /plu>. [ G. Cf. 1st Frow. ] In Germany, a woman; a married woman; a wife; -- as a title, equivalent to Mrs., Madam. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Fraud | n. [ F. fraude, L. fraus, fraudis; prob. akin to Skr. dhūrv to injure, dhv&rsdot_; to cause to fall, and E. dull. ] 1. Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick. [ 1913 Webster ] If success a lover's toil attends,
Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Law) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A trap or snare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] To draw the proud King Ahab into fraud. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Constructive fraud (Law), an act, statement, or omission which operates as a fraud, although perhaps not intended to be such. Mozley & W. --
Pious fraud (Ch. Hist.), a fraud contrived and executed to benefit the church or accomplish some good end, upon the theory that the end justified the means. --
Statute of frauds (Law), an English statute (1676), the principle of which is incorporated in the legislation of all the States of this country, by which writing with specific solemnities (varying in the several statutes) is required to give efficacy to certain dispositions of property. Wharton.
Syn. -- Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife; circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See Deception. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fraudful | a. Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish; treacherous; fraudulent; -- applied to persons or things. I. Taylor. -- Fraud"ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] | | Fraudless | a. Free from fraud. -- Fraud"less*ly, adv. -- Fraud"less*ness, n. | | Fraudulency | { , n. [ L. fraudulentia. ] The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Fraudulence | | Fraudulent | a. [ L. fraudulentus, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. F. fraudulent. ] 1. Using fraud; tricky; deceitful; dishonest. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Characterized by, founded on, or proceeding from, fraud; as, a fraudulent bargain. [ 1913 Webster ] He, with serpent tongue, . . .
His fraudulent temptation thus began. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest. Milton. Syn. -- Deceitful; fraudful; guileful; crafty; wily; cunning; subtle; deceiving; cheating; deceptive; insidious; treacherous; dishonest; designing; unfair. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fraudulently | adv. In a fraudulent manner. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fraught | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fraughted or Fraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Fraughting. ] [ Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw. frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. frēhtōn to deserve. See Fraught, n. ] To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride
The armed ships. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fraught | n. [ OE.fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG. frēht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. Freight. ] A freight; a cargo. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fraught | a. Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. [ 1913 Webster ] A vessel of our country richly fraught. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences of speech. South. [ 1913 Webster ] Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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