| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  frôd |
| NOUN: | 1. A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain. 2. A piece of trickery; a trick. 3a. One that defrauds; a cheat. b. One who assumes a false pose; an impostor. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English fraude, from Old French, from Latin fraus, fraud-.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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