Fraud
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Fraud" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 36 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 36 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 Surinder Sobti

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

ROBBERY Surinder Sobti

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 Chris Roberson
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 Chris McLoughlin
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