fraud

柯林斯詞典

1. N-VAR Fraud is the crime of gaining money or financial benefits by a trick or by lying. 詐騙罪
He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception. 他因詐騙與欺詐被監(jiān)禁了兩年。
2. N-COUNT A fraud is something or someone that deceives people in a way that is illegal or dishonest. 騙人的東西; 騙子
He's a fraud and a cheat. 他是一個(gè)騙子。

She is suspected of complicity in the fraud.
This latest episode in the fraud scandal has shocked a lot of people .
They spent ten years in jail for fraud.
The fraud depended on hundreds of bank accounts being opened on behalf of straw men.
His accountant had aided and abetted him in the fraud.