Frauds

Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 43 v.0.5

              Swindles

1. con |v| |inf| to make someone believe something false, usually so that they will give you their money or possesions.
2. "I was conned out of £20."
3. "We were conned into thinking we'd won a prize."
4. "She felt she had been conned into buying the car."
5. "Thieves conned him out of his life savings."
6. defraud |v| to commit the crime of getting money from an organization by deceiving them.
7. "He admitted attempting to defraud his former employer of $1 million."
8. "Johnson is accused of conspiring to defraud the taxman of hundreds of thousands of pounds" 
9. fraud |n| obtaining money illegally, usually by using clever and complicated methods.
10. "He was convicted of fraud."
11. "They swindled several million out of the company, they defrauded the company of several million.
12. fraudulent theft |n| illegal acquisition of something from a seller through fraudulent transfer of funds that the seller will ultimately not receive (such as by identity theft or the use of a counterfeit cashier's check).
13. swindle |n| to get money dishonestly from someone by deceiving or cheating them.
14. "They swindled local businesses out of thousands of pounds."
15. trick |n| a trick to get someone's money or make them do what you want.
16. "It's a con! You get half the food for twice the price!"
17. "A con trick."
18. plagiarism |n| when someone uses another person's words, ideas, or work and pretends they are they own.
19. "The journal accused the professor of plagiarism."
20. "Most famous political quotes are plagiarisms and this was no exception."
21. forgery |n| |pl gorgeries| a criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud..
22. fake / false / imitation / simulated |adj| not genuine or real, being an imitation of the genuine article.
23. "Decorated with imitation palm leaves."
24. "Experts revealed that the painting was a fake."
25. "The gun in his hand was a fake."
26. "He was charged with possessing a fake passport."

             Identity Theft

1. identity theft |n| the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge.
2. "Victims of identity theft can find themselves saddled with false criminal records."
3. "Protecting yourself from identity theft is a matter of treating all your personal and financial documents as top secret information."
4. impersonation |n| is when somebody assume the character of another person for fraud.
5. "It's a very serious offense to impersonate a police officer."

             People

1. crook |n| |inf| a person who is dishonest or a criminal.
2. fraudster |n| someone who gets money by deceiving people.
3. "New measures are needed to prevent fraudsters opening back accounts with stolen cheques."
4. impersonator |n| someone who fraudulently assumes the appearance of another.
5. plagiarist |n| someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.
6. "Colleagues call Michael an unlikely plagiarist."
7. swindler / cheat / con man / fraud / rogue / shark / trickster |n| a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.

            Relative Posts

1. Main Crime Elements
2. Murder
3. Robberies
4. Kidnapping
5. Offenders
6. Criminal Investigations
7. Arrest
8. Police Forces
9. Police Equipment
10. Jailbreak

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