{
    "term": "fraud",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the crime of cheating somebody in order to get money or goods illegally",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was charged with credit card fraud."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was said that the property had been obtained by fraud."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He helped prevent a $100 million fraud."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["massive", "serious", "complex"],
                "fraud + noun": ["squad", "case", "charge"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who pretends to have qualities, abilities, etc. that they do not really have in order to cheat other people",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's nothing but a liar and a fraud."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt a fraud accepting their sympathy *(= because she was not really sad)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "something that is not as good, useful, etc. as people claim it is",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/frɔːd/",
                "audio": "fr/fraud/fraud__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/frɔːd/",
                "audio": "fr/fraud/fraud__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, fraud- ‘deceit, injury’."
}