Fraud
Fraud noun - An instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value.
Usage example: thousands of people lost money when the investment scheme turned out to be a fraud
Trick is a synonym for fraud in manner topic. In some cases you can use "Trick" instead the word "Fraud" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like lie, deception, deed, hoax.
Nearby Word: fraudster
Trick
Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: her husband used every trick in the book to get out of appearing in his parish's fashion show
Fraud is a synonym for trick in deceit topic. You can use "Fraud" instead the word "Trick" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as manner, lie, deception, swindle.
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Broken Pedestal: The people's reaction to Eisenheim when he told them (under threat of going to jail for fraud) that he was not really summoning spirits back to life, that it was all a trick.
Source: Film / The Illusionist -
Skyler pretends to be an incompetent secretary who was only hired for her looks to trick the IRS agent auditing Ted, convincing him that the irregularities he found weren't because of fraud, but because of her stupidity.
Source: Sexy Secretary - He was devastated to learn about film special effects and assumed that Ned cheated with trick photography, so The German challenged him to a quick-draw duel to the death to prove that his former idol was just a fraud.
Source: Fan Disillusionment
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