fraud

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɔːd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfɹwɔːd]
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /ˈfɹoːd/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: [ˈfɹwoːd]
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• /ˈfɹɔd/ without the cot–caught merger
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• [ˈfɹwɔd] without the cot–caught merger
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• Mid-Atlantic, US: non-cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈfɹɑd/
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• cot-caught-merger: [ˈfɹwɑd]
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈfɹɒd/
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• cot-caught-merger: [ˈfɹwɒd]
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• Scotland: /ˈfɹɔd/
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• Scotland: [ˈfɹɔd]
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• Scotland: /ˈfɾɔd/
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• Scotland: [ˈfɾɔd]
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• Wales: /ˈfɾɔːd/
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• Wales: [ˈfɾɔːd]
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• rhymes with -ɔːd
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• CMU ARPABET: F R AO1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”).

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bedrog — act of deception
• Albanian: mashtrrim — act of deception
• Albanian: kurth — act of deception
• Arabic: غِشّ (ḡišš) — act of deception
• Arabic: اِحْتِيال (iḥtiyāl) — act of deception
• Arabic: تَزْوِير (tazwīr) — act of deception
• Armenian: խաբեբայություն (xabebayutʻyun) — act of deception
• Armenian: խարդախություն (xardaxutʻyun) — act of deception
• Armenian: նենգություն (nengutʻyun) — act of deception
• Azerbaijani: fırıldaq — act of deception
• Belarusian: махля́рства (maxljárstva) — act of deception
• Belarusian: машэ́льніцтва (mašélʹnictva) — act of deception
• Belarusian: ашука́нства (ašukánstva) — act of deception
• Belarusian: круце́льства (krucjélʹstva) — act of deception
• Bhojpuri: धोखा (dhōkhā) — act of deception
• Bulgarian: изма́ма (izmáma) — act of deception
• Bulgarian: изма́ми (izmámi) — act of deception
• Catalan: frau — act of deception
• Chinese Mandarin: 騙局 /骗局 (piànjú) — act of deception
• Chinese Mandarin: 詐騙 /诈骗 (zhàpiàn) — act of deception
• Chinese Mandarin: 詐欺 /诈欺 (zhàqī) — act of deception
• Czech: podvod — act of deception
• Danish: bedrageri — act of deception
• Danish: svindel — act of deception
• Dutch: fraude — act of deception
• Dutch: flessentrekkerij — act of deception
• Dutch: bedrog — act of deception
• Dutch: oplichterij — act of deception
• Dutch: oplichting — act of deception
• Dutch: zwendel — act of deception
• Esperanto: fraŭdo — act of deception
• Esperanto: trompo — act of deception
• Estonian: kelmus — act of deception
• Faroese: svik — act of deception
• Finnish: petos — act of deception
• Finnish: vilppi — act of deception
• Finnish: huijaus — act of deception
• Finnish: vilunki — act of deception
• Finnish: kusetus — act of deception
• Finnish: petkutus — act of deception
• Finnish: huiputus — act of deception
• Finnish: puijaus — act of deception
• Finnish: petkuttaminen — act of deception
• Finnish: huiputtaminen — act of deception
• Finnish: puijaaminen — act of deception
• Finnish: huijaaminen — act of deception
• Finnish: pettäminen — act of deception
• French: fraude — act of deception
• Galician: fraude — act of deception
• Georgian: თაღლითობა (taɣlitoba) — act of deception
• German: Betrug — act of deception
• German: Schwindel — act of deception
• Greek: απάτη (apáti) — act of deception
• Hebrew: רַמָּאוּת (ramaút) — act of deception
• Hindi: धोखा (dhokhā) — act of deception
• Hindi: छल (chal) — act of deception
• Hindi: झाँसा (jhā̃sā) — act of deception
• Hungarian: csalás — act of deception
• Hungarian: szélhámosság — act of deception
• Ido: fraudo — act of deception
• Indonesian: penipuan — act of deception
• Irish: calaois — act of deception
• Old Irish: écubus — act of deception
• Italian: frode — act of deception
• Italian: frodi — act of deception
• Italian: baratteria — act of deception
• Japanese: 詐欺 (sagi) — act of deception
• Korean: 사기 (sagi) — act of deception
• Latin: fraus — act of deception
• Latin: captiō — act of deception
• Latvian: krāpšana — act of deception
• Lithuanian: sukčiavimas — act of deception
• Macedonian: измама (izmama) — act of deception
• Malayalam: തട്ടിപ്പ് (taṭṭippŭ) — act of deception
• Malayalam: വഞ്ചന (vañcana) — act of deception
• Malayalam: കള്ളം (kaḷḷaṁ) — act of deception
• Māori: hara taware — act of deception
• Māori: hoko tāhae — act of deception
• Norwegian: bedrageri — act of deception
• Norwegian: svindel — act of deception
• Persian: شیادی (šayyâdi) — act of deception
• Persian: کلاهبرداری (kolâhbardâri) — act of deception
• Persian: فریب (farib) — act of deception
• Plautdietsch: Schwindel — act of deception
• Polish: oszustwo — act of deception
• Polish: wyłudzenie — act of deception
• Portuguese: fraude — act of deception
• Portuguese: falcatrua — act of deception
• Portuguese: logro — act of deception
• Portuguese: estelionato — act of deception
• Romanian: înșelăciune — act of deception
• Russian: моше́нничество (mošénničestvo) — act of deception
• Russian: жу́льничество (žúlʹničestvo) — act of deception
• Russian: афе́ра (aféra) — act of deception
• Russian: шу́лерство (šúlerstvo) — act of deception
• Sanskrit: कपट (kapaṭa) — act of deception
• Serbo-Croatian: превара — act of deception
• Serbo-Croatian: prevara — act of deception
• Slovak: podvod — act of deception
• Slovene: prevara — act of deception
• Slovene: goljufija — act of deception
• Slovene: potegavščina — act of deception
• Spanish: fraude — act of deception
• Spanish: dolo — act of deception
• Spanish: trafa — act of deception
• Swahili: ghashi — act of deception
• Swahili: sakata — act of deception
• Swedish: bedrägeri — act of deception
• Swedish: svindel — act of deception
• Tagalog: daya — act of deception
• Tagalog: pandaraya — act of deception
• Thai: การฉ้อโกง (gaan-chɔ̂ɔ-goong) — act of deception
• Thai: การโกง — act of deception
• Thai: การทุจริต (gaan-tút-jà-rìt) — act of deception
• Turkish: dolandırıcılık — act of deception
• Ukrainian: шахра́йство (šaxrájstvo) — act of deception
• Vietnamese: sự gian lận — act of deception
• Vietnamese: sự gian trá — act of deception
• Vietnamese: sự lừa lọc — act of deception
• Welsh: twyll — act of deception
• Yiddish: שווינדל (shvindl) — act of deception
• Chinese Mandarin: 騙局 /骗局 (piànjú) — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Chinese Mandarin: 詐騙 /诈骗 (zhàpiàn) — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Danish: bedrageri — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Danish: forfalskning — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Finnish: petos — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Finnish: huijaus — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Finnish: vale- — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• German: Hochstapelei — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Māori: hara tāware — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Portuguese: falsidade ideológica — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Swedish: bedrägeri — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Swedish: förfalskning — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Tagalog: daya — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Tagalog: pandaraya — assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end
• Afrikaans: bedrieër — one who performs fraud
• Armenian: խաբեբա (xabeba) — one who performs fraud
• Armenian: խարդախ (xardax) — one who performs fraud
• Armenian: սրիկա (srika) — one who performs fraud
• Azerbaijani: fırıldaqçı — one who performs fraud
• Bulgarian: измамник (izmamnik) — one who performs fraud
• Bulgarian: мошеник (mošenik) — one who performs fraud
• Bulgarian: трик (trik) — one who performs fraud
• Bulgarian: уловка (ulovka) — one who performs fraud
• Catalan: defraudador — one who performs fraud
• Catalan: defraudadora — one who performs fraud
• Catalan: impostor — one who performs fraud
• Catalan: impostora — one who performs fraud
• Danish: bedrager — one who performs fraud
• Danish: svindler — one who performs fraud
• Dutch: fraudeur — one who performs fraud
• Dutch: oplichter — one who performs fraud
• Dutch: bedrieger — one who performs fraud
• Dutch: charlatan — one who performs fraud
• Dutch: vervalser — one who performs fraud
• Finnish: huijari — one who performs fraud
• Finnish: petkuttaja — one who performs fraud
• Finnish: kusettaja — one who performs fraud
• Finnish: puijari — one who performs fraud
• Finnish: huiputtaja — one who performs fraud
• French: imposteur — one who performs fraud
• French: charlatan — one who performs fraud
• French: fraudeur — one who performs fraud
• Galician: moinante — one who performs fraud
• Galician: truán — one who performs fraud
• Galician: faramalleiro — one who performs fraud
• German: Betrüger — one who performs fraud
• German: Betrügerin — one who performs fraud
• German: Hochstapler — one who performs fraud
• Greek: απατεώνας (apateónas) — one who performs fraud
• Ancient Greek: ἀπατεών (apateṓn) — one who performs fraud
• Hindi: छलिया (chaliyā) — one who performs fraud
• Hungarian: csaló — one who performs fraud
• Hungarian: szélhámos — one who performs fraud
• Indonesian: penipu — one who performs fraud
• Japanese: 詐欺師 (sagishi) — one who performs fraud
• Japanese: ペテン師 (petenshi) — one who performs fraud
• Latin: fraudātor — one who performs fraud
• Malayalam: വഞ്ചകൻ (vañcakaṉ) — one who performs fraud
• Malayalam: തട്ടിപ്പുകാരൻ (taṭṭippukāraṉ) — one who performs fraud
• Persian: شیاد (šayyâd) — one who performs fraud
• Persian: کلاهبردار (kolâhbardâr) — one who performs fraud
• Persian: آپارتی (âpârti) — one who performs fraud
• Polish: oszust — one who performs fraud
• Polish: oszustka — one who performs fraud
• Polish: szachraj — one who performs fraud
• Polish: szachrajka — one who performs fraud
• Polish: szalbierz — one who performs fraud
• Portuguese: fraudador — one who performs fraud
• Russian: моше́нник (mošénnik) — one who performs fraud
• Russian: жу́лик (žúlik) — one who performs fraud
• Russian: афери́ст (aferíst) — one who performs fraud
• Russian: шу́лер (šúler) — one who performs fraud
• Serbo-Croatian: преварант — one who performs fraud
• Serbo-Croatian: prevarant — one who performs fraud
• Spanish: defraudador — one who performs fraud
• Swedish: bedragare — one who performs fraud
• Ottoman Turkish: آینهجی (aynacı) — one who performs fraud
• Ukrainian: шахра́й (šaxráj) — one who performs fraud