noun · formal
fraud
UK/frɔːd/US/frɑːd/FRAUD
Band 5-6speakingtask2
the crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people
Examples
“He was charged with credit card fraud.”
“Online fraud has increased in recent years.”
“Companies must guard against internal fraud.”
Band 8 sentence
“Regulators introduced stricter rules after a large-scale fraud exposed weaknesses in the company's internal controls.”
Collocations
- credit card fraud
- commit fraud
- insurance fraud
Word family
fraud nounfraudulent adjectivedefraud / defrauding verb
Common mistakes
He did a fraud by using fake documents.→He committed fraud by using fake documents.
They were accused of frauding the company.→They were accused of defrauding the company.
Say it for a higher band
5scam→6cheat→7+fraud
Synonyms
scam
Easily confused
scam
“The email turned out to be a scam designed to steal bank details.”
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