How to pronounce fraud

Say it like this: /ˈfɹoːd/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/ˈfɹoːd/
British/ˈfɹɔːd/

What does fraud mean?

nounThe crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.

“When success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends.”

The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

verbTo defraud.

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