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66 entries under fraud topic. ×

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pretense(noun, appearance, cover, show, cause)
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subterfuge(noun, cause, reason, slip, trick)
10
stratagem(noun, cause, fake, reason, trick)
10
ruse(noun, cause, reason, slip, trick)
10
trick(noun, reason, deception, shift, escape)
7
deception(noun, show, trick, face, sham)
7
stall(noun, cover, cause, reason, trick)
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feint(noun, action, cause, reason, trick)
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sham(noun, fake, trick, deception, effect)
5
device(noun, action, cause, reason, trick)
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artifice(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine)
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bluff(noun, cover, cause, fake, reason)
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pretend(trick, deception, pretense, hoax)
3
imposture(noun, trick, deception, pretense)
3
shift(noun, reason, slip, trick, escape)
2
fakery(trick, deception, sham, con)
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hoax(noun, trick, deception, sham, con)
2
story(noun, action, reason, trick, claim)
2
whitewash(noun, verb, reason, trick, deception)
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wile(noun, trick, lie, sham, con)
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