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constructive fraud, legal fraud - comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence
fraud in fact, positive fraud - actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another
fraud in the inducement - fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading
someone about the true facts
intrinsic fraud - fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for
the one perpetrating the fraud
swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
One who engages in deception under an assumed name or identity.
[French imposteur, from Latin impostor, one
who assigns a name, from impostus, variant of impositus, past
participle of impnere, to place upon; see impose.]
impostororimposter
Noun
a person who cheats or swindles by pretending to be someone else [Late Latin impostor deceiver]
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fraud - a person who makes deceitful pretenses
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