fraudulence
121chicanery — noun we didn t catch on to his chicanery until it was too late Syn: trickery, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, deviousness, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, swindling, cheating, duping,… …
122corruption — noun 1) political corruption Syn: dishonesty, unscrupulousness, double dealing, fraud, fraudulence, misconduct, crime, criminality, wrongdoing; bribery, venality, extortion, profiteering, payola; informal graft, grift, crookedness …
123dishonesty — noun Richard was a victim of his business manager s dishonesty Syn: fraud, fraudulence, corruption, cheating, chicanery, double dealing, deceit, deception, duplicity, lying, falseness, falsity, falsehood, untruthfulness; craft, cunning, trickery …
124duplicity — noun he got caught up in the duplicity of his crooked partners Syn: deceitfulness, deceit, deception, double dealing, underhandedness, dishonesty, fraud, fraudulence, sharp practice, chicanery, trickery, subterfuge, skulduggery, treachery;… …
125fraud — noun 1) he was arrested for fraud Syn: fraudulence, cheating, swindling, embezzlement, deceit, deception, double dealing, chicanery, sharp practice 2) social insurance frauds Syn: swindle, racket …
126pretense — noun 1) cease this pretense Syn: make believe, putting on an act, acting, dissembling, shamming, faking, feigning, simulation, dissimulation, play acting, posturing; deception, deceit, deceitfulness, fraud, fraudulence, dupl …
127subterfuge — noun 1) the use of subterfuge by journalists Syn: trickery, intrigue, deviousness, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, craftiness, chicanery, pretense, fraud, fraudulence 2) …
128trickery — noun she suspects me of trickery Syn: deception, deceit, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, double dealing, legerdemain, sleight of hand, guile, craftiness, deviousness, subterfuge, skulduggery, chicanery, fraud, fraudulence, swindling; formal… …
