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Synonyms for fraud
The synonym for fraud recorded in this bank is cheat, in the sense "the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for fraud
- cheatnoun, in the sense "the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for fraud.
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
The whole scheme turned out to be an elaborate fraud.
The true synonym
cheat
Same sentence, swapped: The whole scheme turned out to be an elaborate cheat.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- imposter
- appearance
- disguise
Where fraud turns up in the game
fraud is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where fraud is the trap
- attemptnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is attack, in the sense "the act of attacking", with fraud sitting one tile away.
Play fraud
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fraud reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from actions at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The same bank, read from both sides
fraud is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.