Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.

An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.

False and deceptive statement of fact intended to induce another person to rely upon and, in reliance thereof, give up a valuable thing he or she owns or a legal right he or she is entitled to.

Used in many senses, but the point common to all of them is that material advantage is gained by unfair means. (i) Actual fraud occurs when one person causes pecuniary injury to another by intentionally misrepresenting or concealing a material fact which, from their mutual position, he was bound to explain or disposition and profits. This kind of fraud is sometimes called personal or moral as opposed to legal or constructive fraud. (ii) Fraud sometimes exists where no wrongful intention exists. In this sense of the word fraud, or constructive or legal fraud is a comprehensive expression which indicates the case in which a court will not enforce or will set aside a contract, instrument or transaction where the court is of the opinion that it is unconscientious for a person to avail himself of the advantage which he has obtained, eg where a person takes unfair advantage of the necessities of another. The effect of this induced by the fraud or to recover damages for the injury; it gives rise to a defence to any action brought about by the fraudulent party to endorse the contract or other transaction, but it does not make it void.

Fraud is the act of using someone else's possessions, pretending to be them, for your own gain. Fraudulent people will try to take over your identity by stealing your credit card and other identifying information. Be careful if you use your credit card to buy gasoline, or wherever you use your card. Take your receipts with you so no one else has access to your accounts and uses them without your knowledge.

A dishonest act.

Dishonest business practices that lead to your doing something against your best interest.

The malicious practice by untrustworthy and dishonest persons to use stolen personal information, credit card information, and/or compromised bank account information for personal gain; not limited to the purchase of merchandise, the submission of fraudulent transactions, or the abuse of a merchant's purchase policies or e-commerce Web site to check the validity of stolen payment information.