fraud vs pseudo what difference
what is difference between fraud and pseudo
English
Etymology
From Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɹɔːd/
- (US) enPR: frôd, IPA(key): /fɹɔd/
- (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) enPR: frŏd, IPA(key): /fɹɑd/
- Rhymes: -ɔːd
Noun
fraud (countable and uncountable, plural frauds)
- (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- A person who performs any such trick.
- (obsolete) A trap or snare.
Synonyms
- swindle
- scam
- (criminal) deceit
- trickery
- hoky-poky
- imposture
- (person) faker, fraudster, impostor, cheat(er), trickster
- grift
Related terms
- defraud
- fraudulence
- fraudulent
- fraudulently
- fraudulentness
- insurance fraud
- mail fraud
- pious fraud
- wire fraud
Translations
Verb
fraud (third-person singular simple present frauds, present participle frauding, simple past and past participle frauded)
- (obsolete) To defraud
Translations
See also
- embezzlement
- false billing
- false advertising
- forgery
- identity theft
- predatory lending
- quackery
- usury
- white-collar crime
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fraud f
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by frau
English
Etymology
From Middle English, derived from prefix pseudo-, itself derived from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsuːdoʊ/
- Rhymes: -uːdəʊ
Noun
pseudo (plural pseudos)
- An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
- A poseur; one who is fake.
- (travel industry, informal) pseudo-city code
- (Internet, clipping) A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity.
- Clipping of pseudoephedrine.
Alternative forms
- pseud
References
- The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary
Adjective
pseudo (not comparable)
- Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham.
- Insincere.
Translations
References
- The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary
Anagrams
- does up, doupes, souped
French
Etymology
Clipping of pseudonyme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psø.do/
Noun
pseudo m (plural pseudos)
- A nickname, handle or pseudonym.
Further reading
- “pseudo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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