Forgery vs. Fraud

Forgerynoun

The act of forging metal into shape.

Forgerynoun

The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

Forgerynoun

That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.

Forgerynoun

(archaic) An invention, creation.

Forgerynoun

The act of forging metal into shape.

Forgerynoun

The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond.

Forgerynoun

That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.

Forgerynoun

a copy that is represented as the original

Forgerynoun

criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

Forgery

Forgery is a white-collar crime that generally refers to the false making or material alteration of a legal instrument with the specific intent to defraud anyone (other than themself). Tampering with a certain legal instrument may be forbidden by law in some jurisdictions but such an offense is not related to forgery unless the tampered legal instrument was actually used in the course of the crime to defraud another person or entity.

Fraudnoun

(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.

Fraudnoun

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

Fraudnoun

The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.

Fraudnoun

A person who performs any such trick.

Fraudnoun

(obsolete) A trap or snare.

Fraudverb

(obsolete) To defraud

Fraudnoun

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.

Fraudnoun

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

Fraudnoun

A trap or snare.

Fraudnoun

intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

Fraudnoun

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Fraudnoun

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Fraud

In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or recover monetary compensation) or criminal law (e.g., a fraud perpetrator may be prosecuted and imprisoned by governmental authorities), or it may cause no loss of money, property, or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.