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{
"term": "fraud",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the crime of cheating somebody in order to get money or goods illegally",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was charged with credit card fraud."
},
{
"text": "It was said that the property had been obtained by fraud."
},
{
"text": "He helped prevent a $100 million fraud."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["massive", "serious", "complex"],
"fraud + noun": ["squad", "case", "charge"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who pretends to have qualities, abilities, etc. that they do not really have in order to cheat other people",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's nothing but a liar and a fraud."
},
{
"text": "She felt a fraud accepting their sympathy *(= because she was not really sad)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "something that is not as good, useful, etc. as people claim it is",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/frɔːd/",
"audio": "fr/fraud/fraud__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/frɔːd/",
"audio": "fr/fraud/fraud__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, fraud- ‘deceit, injury’."
}