Fraud
Crossword Clue and Answers
Looking for answers to the "Fraud" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 35 crossword solutions for Fraud.
We most recently saw this clue in Irish Independent - Simple.
We deem Fraud to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 35 times in a variety of crossword publications.
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Publications
- Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 20 Oct 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 15 Apr 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 20 Nov 2020
- The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 22 Mar 2020
- The Guardian Quick - Monday, 13 Jan 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 25 Oct 2018
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 19 Nov 2017
Crossword Answers
4 letters
SCAM
A fraudulent business scheme
HOAX
Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
SHAM
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
FAKE
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
5 letters
PUTON
Increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
FAKER
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
PHONY
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
PSEUD
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
CHEAT
The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
6 letters
PSEUDO
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
TAKEIN
Make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"
DEPICT
Show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
DECEIT
The act of deceiving
HUMBUG
Communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
POSEUR
A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
DUPERY
Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
7 letters
SHAMMER
Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
RIGGERY
FORGERY
Criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
SWINDLE
The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
SWIZZLE
Any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice
8 letters
FLIMFLAM
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
CHEATING
A deception for profit to yourself
PRETENCE
An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
IMPOSTOR
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
IMPOSTER
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
9 letters
IMPOSTURE
Pretending to be another person
PRETENDER
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
CHARLATAN
A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
DECEPTION
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
10 letters
DISHONESTY
The quality of being dishonest
MOUNTEBANK
A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
ROLEPLAYER
A theatrical performer
11 letters
FRAUDULENCE
The quality of being fraudulent
12 letters
EMBEZZLEMENT
The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else