fraud
noun uk/frɔːd/ us/frɑːd/
(CRIME)
C2 [ C or U ]诈骗（罪）
the crime of getting money by deceiving people
credit card fraud 信用卡诈骗
He is fighting extradition to Hong Kong to face trial on fraud charges. 他正在力争免于被引渡到香港就诈骗指控接受审判。
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- 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.
(FALSE)
C2 [ C ]骗子;骗人的事物
someone who deceives people by saying that they are someone or something that they are not
She was a psychic who was later revealed to be a fraud. 她是一个通灵巫师，后来被发现是个骗子。