FRAUD

noun

• wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain

Similarfraudulence,

sharp practice, cheating, swindling, trickery, artifice, deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, treachery, chicanery, skulduggery, imposture, embezzlement, informal:monkey business, funny business, crookedness, hanky-panky, shenanigans, flimflam, jiggery-pokery, monkeyshines,

archaic:

management, knavery, deception, trick, cheat, hoax, subterfuge, stratagem, wile, ruse, artifice, swindle, racket,

informal:

scam, con, con trick, rip-off, leg-pull, sting, kite, diddle, fiddle, swizzle, bunco, boondoggle, hustle, grift, rort