fraude

Definitions of fraude
  1. noun
    a deception for profit to yourself
    synonyms: estafa, timo, trampa
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    fraude electoral, pucherazo
    an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
    type of:
    disimulación, engaño
    the act of deceiving
  2. noun
    intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
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    aletazo, arana, embaimiento, embaucamiento, engañifa, engaño, estafa, mangancia, petardo, pufo, superchería, timo, tocomocho, trapacería
    the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
    camelo, engatusamiento
    a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    type of:
    crimen, delito
    (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
  3. noun
    the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
    synonyms: aletazo, arana, embaimiento, embaucamiento, engañifa, engaño, estafa, mangancia, petardo, pufo, superchería, timo, tocomocho, trapacería
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    types:
    camelo, engatusamiento
    a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  4. noun
    failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
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    alzado, desvalijamiento, hurto, latrocinio, robo, substracción, sustracción
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  5. noun
    a misleading falsehood
    synonyms: engaño
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    verdad a medias
    a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
    apariencia, camuflaje, fachada
    a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
    exageración
    making to seem more important than it really is
    fingimiento
    pretending with intention to deceive
    callejuela, efugio, rodeo, socapa, subterfugio, tapujo
    something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
    mistificación, tejemanejes, trampa, trapicheo
    verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
    doblez, duplicidad
    a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
    equívoco, evasión
    a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
    bluff, fanafarronada, farol
    pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
    achaque, asidero, cubierta, pretexto
    something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
    hipocresía
    an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
    circunlocución, circunloquio
    an indirect way of expressing something
    evasiva, sutileza
    an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
    type of:
    falsedad, infundio, mentira
    a false statement
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