Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 23 compound words that contain fraud. The most common are listed below. Open fraud in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- insurance fraudReceiving insurance policy-based compensation by deceitfully causing an event that, if it were accidental, would lead to a rightful claim for said compensation.
- Email fraud
- mail fraudA class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal system of the United States of America.
- electoral fraudIllegal interference with the process of an election, especially with the intent to stage a desired election outcome.
- Fraud prevention
- wire fraudA felony of a particular class subject to a separate and additional federal penalty for any crime of fraud involving the use of technological communications methods such as wire, radio, or television.
- food fraudThe intentional omission, removal, or substitution of ingredients in food for financial gain without public disclosure.
- friendly fraudA type of fraud in which a customer purchases and receives an item using a credit card, then requests a spurious chargeback to obtain a refund, effectively gaining the item for free.
- click fraudA type of fraud in which a computer program is used to simulate mouse clicks on advertisements, driving revenue to the advertiser, who is paid per click.
- romance fraudSynonym of romance scam: A confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim in order to commit fraud.
- return fraudThe act of defrauding a retail store by means of the return process.
- tax fraudSynonym of tax evasion: The illegal reduction of paying tax, especially by making a false declaration of income etc.
- fraud squadA police section specializing in fraud.
- familiar fraudA type of fraud in which someone fraudulently opens accounts or makes purchases in someone else's name, in which the victim is a close friend or family member.
- pious fraudAn act of innocent deceit, technically using the methods of a fraudster but for an honest, honorable purpose.
- advance fee fraudAny type of fraud involving an advance fee scam.
- constructive fraudA legal fiction describing a situation where an individual or entity gained an unfair advantage over another by deceitful or unfair methods; however, intent does not need to be shown.
- affinity fraudFraud whose victims are susceptible because they trust the perpetrator as a member of their circle.
- missing trader fraudSynonym of carousel fraud: The theft of value-added tax from a government by exploiting the way VAT is treated within multijurisdictional trading where the movement of goods between jurisdictions is VAT-free.
- carousel fraudThe theft of value-added tax from a government by exploiting the way VAT is treated within multijurisdictional trading where the movement of goods between jurisdictions is VAT-free.
- vomit fraudA type of fraud in which a driver of a vehicle for hire falsely claims that an incident requiring cleanup occurred while a passenger was riding in the driver's vehicle, resulting in the company charging the passenger.
- odometer fraudThe illegal practice of rolling back an odometer to make it appear that a vehicle has lower mileage than it actually does.
- John Fraud KerryNickname for John Kerry.
- category fraudThe practice of misclassifying individuals or entities within certain categories, often to gain an unfair advantage or mislead stakeholders.
- e-fraudSynonym of cyberfraud: Fraud carried out by means of computers or the Internet.
Compound words 23
- anglefraudA self-portrait photograph taken from a favourable angle in order to conceal or mitigate a perceived negative physical characteristic.
- copyfraudFalse claims of copyright, such as a claim of copyright ownership of public domain material.
- fraudienceAudiences on infomercials who, although supposedly unbiased and uninformed about the product, are in fact paid to cheer, gasp, and exclaim their joy and wonder about the product in question on cue.
- fraudmeisterA person who commits fraud for profit.
- fraudumentaryA documentary about a fraud.
- fraudonomicseconomic system as a whole based on fraud
- fraudproofResistant to fraud.
- prefraudBefore fraud.
- counterfraudMeasures intended to combat fraud.
- cyberfraudFraud carried out by means of computers or the Internet.