1. (

• fraud

) intentional deception resulting in injury to another person ;

2. (

• imposter ,
• impostor ,
• pretender ,
• fake ,
• faker ,
• fraud ,
• sham ,
• shammer ,
• pseudo ,
• pseud ,
• role_player ,

) a person who makes deceitful pretenses ;

3. (

• fraud ,
• fraudulence ,
• dupery ,
• hoax ,
• humbug ,
• put-on

) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage ;