Fraud
noun
The act of tricking someone in order to get their money or their property.
He was found guilty of bank fraud.
Often appears as...
- commit fraud
- fraud investigation
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Disapproving
noun
In law, intentional deception for personal gain or to damage another individual.
He was charged with fraud after falsifying the financial documents.
Often appears as...
- insurance fraud
- fraud trial
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Formal, Disapproving
Legal
noun
Someone or something that is not what it purports or appears to be.
The painting turned out to be a fraud.
Often appears as...
- a complete fraud
- exposed as a fraud
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Disapproving
noun
The act of tricking someone in order to get their money or their property.
He was found guilty of bank fraud.
Often appears as...
- commit fraud
- fraud investigation
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In law, intentional deception for personal gain or to damage another individual.
He was charged with fraud after falsifying the financial documents.
Often appears as...
- insurance fraud
- fraud trial
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Legal
noun
Someone or something that is not what it purports or appears to be.
The painting turned out to be a fraud.
Often appears as...
- a complete fraud
- exposed as a fraud
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Criminal Actions
Fraud involves illegal actions aimed at getting money or property.
He used identity theft as a method of fraud.
Pro Tip 2/3Preplanned Deceit
Fraud is planned; it's not an accidental or honest mistake.
Creating fake websites to steal information is a serious form of fraud.
Pro Tip 3/3Trust Violation
Fraudulent acts betray the victim's trust and can be emotionally damaging.
The trusted accountant’s fraud cost the company millions.
Pro Tip 1/3Criminal Actions
Fraud involves illegal actions aimed at getting money or property.
He used identity theft as a method of fraud.
Pro Tip 2/3Preplanned Deceit
Fraud is planned; it's not an accidental or honest mistake.
Creating fake websites to steal information is a serious form of fraud.
Pro Tip 3/3Trust Violation
Fraudulent acts betray the victim's trust and can be emotionally damaging.
The trusted accountant’s fraud cost the company millions.
Pro Tip 1/3Criminal Actions
Fraud involves illegal actions aimed at getting money or property.
He used identity theft as a method of fraud.
Pro Tip 2/3Preplanned Deceit
Fraud is planned; it's not an accidental or honest mistake.
Creating fake websites to steal information is a serious form of fraud.
Pro Tip 3/3Trust Violation
Fraudulent acts betray the victim's trust and can be emotionally damaging.
The trusted accountant’s fraud cost the company millions.
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Your body language may...
So I said, fake it till you make it. It's not me. I don't want to get there and then still feel like a fraud. I don't want to feel like an impostor. I don't want to get there only to feel like I'm not supposed to be here. And that really resonated with me, because I want to tell you a little story about being an impostor
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There Are Better Ways to...
useless right and that backbone mattered to me and whether or not you know the numbers of sharks or the numbers of fish that we said we were protecting if they weren't being protected then then I felt like a fraud and it doesn't sound glamorous but to me it's really exciting and fun it feels like exploration in a
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Thinking your way out of...
identified and showed it other the other students as a matter of fact we decide to start a little impostor support group we started meeting and talking about big intellectual frauds and how we're fooling all of our professors and everything went great for about three weeks and that's about the time I
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How you can use impostor...
And two, I realized it doesn't go away with any form of success. I had assumed that successful people didn't feel like frauds, and I now know that the opposite is more likely to be true. And this isn't just a feeling that I have at work. It happens in my personal life, too. In the early days,
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Hackers: the internet's...
to fraud, malware or plain old identity theft, which is a serious issue. But there are other hackers, hackers who just like to break things, and it is precisely those hackers that can find the weaker elements in our world and make us fix it. This is what happened last year
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How to spot a pyramid...
a common type of fraud where members make money by recruiting more people to buy in. Typically, the founder solicits an initial group of people to buy in and promote the scheme. They are then encouraged to recruit others and promised part of the money those people invest,
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What if all US health...
In most of the rest of the developed world, sick people don't have to worry about money. It's also true that price transparency will not solve every problem. There will still be expensive treatments, huge friction from our insurance system. There will still be fraud
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Feeding a Cute Black...
far as food fraud it's just gonna get better better know the year yeah the bushes are just hanging with with green fruit right now he just needs to rate these this extra food is just the means to an end the touching just helps her accustomed to having hands on her
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How people rationalize...
The truth is that many people are susceptible not only to the temptation to commit fraud but to convincing themselves that they've done nothing wrong. So why does fraud happen? While individual motivations may differ from case to case, the fraud triangle,
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What if a US presidential...
I know for sure we've got to do a better job of protecting voter rights, of prosecuting voter intimidation and also making sure we've got the technology that nobody needs to be afraid of voter fraud.
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Your body language may...
So I said, fake it till you make it. It's not me. I don't want to get there and then still feel like a fraud. I don't want to feel like an impostor. I don't want to get there only to feel like I'm not supposed to be here. And that really resonated with me, because I want to tell you a little story about being an impostor
Video examples
There Are Better Ways to...
useless right and that backbone mattered to me and whether or not you know the numbers of sharks or the numbers of fish that we said we were protecting if they weren't being protected then then I felt like a fraud and it doesn't sound glamorous but to me it's really exciting and fun it feels like exploration in a
Video examples
Thinking your way out of...
identified and showed it other the other students as a matter of fact we decide to start a little impostor support group we started meeting and talking about big intellectual frauds and how we're fooling all of our professors and everything went great for about three weeks and that's about the time I
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How you can use impostor...
And two, I realized it doesn't go away with any form of success. I had assumed that successful people didn't feel like frauds, and I now know that the opposite is more likely to be true. And this isn't just a feeling that I have at work. It happens in my personal life, too. In the early days,
Video examples
Hackers: the internet's...
to fraud, malware or plain old identity theft, which is a serious issue. But there are other hackers, hackers who just like to break things, and it is precisely those hackers that can find the weaker elements in our world and make us fix it. This is what happened last year
Video examples
How to spot a pyramid...
a common type of fraud where members make money by recruiting more people to buy in. Typically, the founder solicits an initial group of people to buy in and promote the scheme. They are then encouraged to recruit others and promised part of the money those people invest,
Video examples
What if all US health...
In most of the rest of the developed world, sick people don't have to worry about money. It's also true that price transparency will not solve every problem. There will still be expensive treatments, huge friction from our insurance system. There will still be fraud
Video examples
Feeding a Cute Black...
far as food fraud it's just gonna get better better know the year yeah the bushes are just hanging with with green fruit right now he just needs to rate these this extra food is just the means to an end the touching just helps her accustomed to having hands on her
Video examples
How people rationalize...
The truth is that many people are susceptible not only to the temptation to commit fraud but to convincing themselves that they've done nothing wrong. So why does fraud happen? While individual motivations may differ from case to case, the fraud triangle,
Video examples
What if a US presidential...
I know for sure we've got to do a better job of protecting voter rights, of prosecuting voter intimidation and also making sure we've got the technology that nobody needs to be afraid of voter fraud.
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Paul Greengrass
English Director
Deep down, all directors feel like frauds - because it's built into the nature of the job. You're the jack of all trades and the master of none. The cameraman knows the camera, the sound man knows the sound equipment - and you? You can't do anything: You can't do the acting, you can't dress the set, you don't record the sound or shoot the images.
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Damon Lindelof
American Writer
A lot of writers whom I love, admire and call friends share this feeling, which is this fundamental idea that we're frauds. That we will be pushed out on to the stage, and it will be revealed that the emperor has no clothes.
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Al Franken
American Politician
Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
Don't be afraid to make things up. Never fear being exposed as a fraud. Experts make things up all the time. They're qualified to.
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Ajit Pai
American Public Servant
Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the 'Obamaphone' program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
American Politician
Protected free speech has boundaries, and one boundary is fraud.
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Scott Garrett
American Politician
There will always be waste, fraud, and abuse. That's just life.
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Jean-Luc Godard
French Director
Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.
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Paul Greengrass
English Director
Deep down, all directors feel like frauds - because it's built into the nature of the job. You're the jack of all trades and the master of none. The cameraman knows the camera, the sound man knows the sound equipment - and you? You can't do anything: You can't do the acting, you can't dress the set, you don't record the sound or shoot the images.
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Damon Lindelof
American Writer
A lot of writers whom I love, admire and call friends share this feeling, which is this fundamental idea that we're frauds. That we will be pushed out on to the stage, and it will be revealed that the emperor has no clothes.
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Al Franken
American Politician
Sometimes if I tell people, 'I'm afraid that I'm really a fraud,' or 'I have a lot of self-doubt,' they go, 'Oh, no, you're kidding.' I go, 'No, I'm really honest.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
Don't be afraid to make things up. Never fear being exposed as a fraud. Experts make things up all the time. They're qualified to.
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Ajit Pai
American Public Servant
Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the 'Obamaphone' program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
American Politician
Protected free speech has boundaries, and one boundary is fraud.
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Scott Garrett
American Politician
There will always be waste, fraud, and abuse. That's just life.
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Jean-Luc Godard
French Director
Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.
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