| NOUN | communication | fraudulence, duplicity | a fraudulent or duplicitous representation |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | fraudulence, deceit | the quality of being fraudulent | |
| act | fraudulence, fraud, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on | something intended to deceive |
| Meaning | A fraudulent or duplicitous representation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | duplicity | |
| Broader | misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood |
| Spanish | doblez, dolo, duplicidad, engaño, fraude, fraudulencia, trampa | |
| Catalan | duplicitat | |
| Meaning | The quality of being fraudulent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | deceit | |
| Broader | dishonesty | The quality of being dishonest |
| Spanish | engaño, fraude, fraudulencia | |
| Catalan | engany, fraudulència, frau | |
| Adjectives | fraudulent | intended to deceive |
| Meaning | Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | fraud, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on | |
| Narrower | goldbrick | Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless |
| Broader | trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan | The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
| Spanish | bulo, camelo, engañifa, engaño, filfa, fraude, mistificación, pastrana, patraña, trampa | |
| Catalan | fraudulència, innocentada, jugada, mistificació, trampa, truc | |
| Adjectives | fraudulent | intended to deceive |
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