fraudulent scheme
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- noun
- /ˈfrɔːdʒələnt skiːm/
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esquema fraudulento
- In fact, the typical operating structure of law firms has made them more susceptible to fraudulent schemes.
In no time at all, all sorts of fraudulent schemes were set up to get these vouchers from the general public.
- In no time at all, all sorts of fraudulent schemes were set up to get these vouchers from the general public.
- Who had this scheme, fraudulent scheme, and people lost?
Examples
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The imaginary debt part carries an impossible obligation to pay interest, while the credit side offers no corresponding interest to offset it, thereby making it a fraudulent scheme.
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Who had this scheme, fraudulent scheme, and people lost?
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In no time at all, all sorts of fraudulent schemes were set up to get these vouchers from the general public.
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The businesses, local and foreign, have a bad reputation after hundreds lost money in well-publicized fraudulent schemes over the last year.
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Not only can fraudulent schemes be orchestrated by employees at all levels within a firm, firms must also be safeguarded against risks of fraud from external sources.
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From at least February 23, 1999, through at least April 17, 2001, Defendants STWA and Muller, STWA's former chief executive officer and president, engaged in a fraudulent scheme to manipulate the market for stock in STWA, a public company.
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Many people fell victim to a fraudulent scheme promising easy money and quick returns.
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Law enforcement agencies are cracking down on fraudulent schemes that target unsuspecting investors.
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The victim reported that she lost her savings to a fraudulent scheme disguised as a legitimate investment opportunity.
Synonyms
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Deceiving someone to get money or an unfair advantage
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A dishonest plan to get money by tricking people
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A clever trick to deceive someone
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An illegal business that makes money by scams or threats
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To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
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A thing or action made to trick people into thinking it is real
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Secret dishonest actions to get an unfair advantage
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A trick done to cheat or fool people
A plan that uses dishonest tricks to get an unfair advantage
Actions that cheat people to get their money
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'fraudulent' (designed to mislead or cheat) with 'scheme' (an organized plan), yielding a dishonest or deceptive plan. This adjective+noun composition follows standard English composition patterns and has clear cross‑linguistic equivalents, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase fraudulent scheme joins fraudulent, meaning 'fake', and scheme, meaning 'plan', so imagine a shop that looks real but is empty inside to trick people into paying. That's why it means 'an illegal plan to cheat people'.