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WordBand 6.5–7.5Toofey picks
fraud
/ˈfrɔːd/
noun
The crime of getting money by tricking people.
- “Online fraud costs consumers millions each year.”Toofey
- “This paper has been treated so as to prevent fraud.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))