This selection of answers for “Fraud” was developed using references from finished crosswords, where clues with similar wording resulted in the entries listed here.
Answer List:
- DECEIT
- CHEAT
- SCAM
- IMPOSTURE
- DISHONESTY
- IMPOSTER
- CHEATING
- SHAM
- SWINDLE
- CHARLATAN
- DECEPTION
- ROGUERY
- IMPOSTOR
- FAKER
- HOAX
Synonyms and Definitions
DECEIT
- Synonyms: deception, dissembling, dissimulation, fraudulence, misrepresentation
CHEAT
- Synonyms: bearded darnel, beguiler, betray, bromus secalinus, cheat on, cheater, cheating, chess, chicane, chisel, chouse, cuckold, darnel, deceiver, jockey, lolium temulentum, rig, rip off, screw, shaft, slicker, swindle, tare, trickster, wander
SCAM
- Synonyms: bunco, con, cozenage, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, short-change, victimize
IMPOSTURE
- Synonyms: impersonation
DISHONESTY
- Synonyms: knavery
IMPOSTER
- Synonyms: fake, faker, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer
CHEATING
- Synonyms: adulterous, cheat, dirty, foul, two-timing, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
SHAM
- Synonyms: affect, assume, assumed, dissemble, false, feign, fictitious, fictive, imposter, postiche, pretend, pretended, put on, simulate
SWINDLE
- Synonyms: scam
CHARLATAN
- Synonyms: mountebank
DECEPTION
- Synonyms: conjuration, conjuring trick, deceit, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick
ROGUERY
- Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguishness, shenanigan
HOAX
- Synonyms: dupery, humbug, play a joke on, pull someones leg, put-on