Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #3659
fraud
欺诈，欺骗（行为）
the crime of deceiving someone in order to get money or goods illegally
常指经济诈骗
- 1.
The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
诈骗罪
- 2.
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
故意欺骗导致他人受损
- 3.
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.
欺诈行为
- 4.
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
行骗者
- 5.
The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
冒名顶替
- 6.
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
旨在欺骗的事物；为获利的蓄意诡计
- 7.
A person who performs any such trick.
骗子
骗子；诈骗罪；故意欺骗导致他人受损；欺诈行为；行骗者
In use
The company was accused of fraud after falsifying its financial reports.
He committed a fraud by using a fake ID to open a bank account.
She discovered that her investment advisor was a fraud who had stolen her money.
commit fraud
fraud 在此为不可数名词，指欺诈行为。
He was arrested for committing fraud.
他因实施欺诈被捕。
be a fraud
a fraud 在此为可数名词，指骗子或虚假事物。
The psychic turned out to be a fraud.
那个通灵者原来是个骗子。
a fraud on somebody
a fraud on 指针对某人的欺骗行为。
Connections
Collocations
- commit fraud
- 实施欺诈
- He was sentenced to prison for committing fraud.他因实施欺诈被判入狱。
- fraud investigation
- 欺诈调查
- The company launched a fraud investigation into the missing funds.公司对失踪资金展开了欺诈调查。
- fraud charge
- 欺诈指控
- She faces multiple fraud charges for tax evasion.她因逃税面临多项欺诈指控。
- victim of fraud
- 欺诈受害者
- Many elderly people become victims of online fraud.许多老年人成为网络欺诈的受害者。
- exposed as a fraud
- 被揭穿为骗子
- The psychic was exposed as a fraud after a sting operation.在一次卧底行动后，这位通灵者被揭穿为骗子。
- massive fraud
Learner notes
Memory Tip
对比friend有'i'（爱），fraud无i，所以是欺骗。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：法律/商业、日常口语 fraud 多用于法律和商业语境，指欺诈行为；在日常口语中也常见于指骗子。语域偏正式，但混合使用。
Grammar Note
作可数名词时指具体的欺诈行为或骗子；作不可数名词时指欺诈这一概念。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words rhyme with 'fraud' (stressed vowel /ɔ/ followed by /d/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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