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Webster 1913 Edition
Fraud
Fraud
(fra̤d)
, Noun.
[F.
fraude
, L. fraus
, fraudis
; prob. akin to Skr. dhūrv
to injure, dhvṛ
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.
If success a lover’s toil attends,
Few ask, if
Few ask, if
fraud
or force attained his ends. Pope.
2.
(Law)
An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.
3.
A trap or snare.
[Obs.]
To draw the proud King Ahab into
fraud
. Milton.
Syn. – Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife; circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See
– Deception
. Fraud′ful-ly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fraud
FRAUD
,Noun.
Deceit; deception; trick; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; a stratagem intended to obtain some undue advantage; an attempt to gain or the obtaining of an advantage over another by imposition or immoral means, particularly deception in contracts, or bargain and sale, either by stating falsehoods, or suppressing truth.
If success a lover's toil attends, who asks if force or fraud obtained his ends.