criminal offense vs fraud

fraud vs criminal offense

criminal offense and fraud both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
criminal offense	Yes	No	No	No
fraud	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fraud is a hyponym of criminal offense; that is, fraud is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than criminal offense:

criminal offense: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
fraud: intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

Other hyponyms of criminal offense include barratry, capital offense, cybercrime, felony, forgery, Had crime, highjack, hijack, mayhem, infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, commission, committal, perpetration, attack, attempt, Tazir crime, regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense, thuggery, high treason, lese majesty, treason, vice crime, victimless crime, war crime.

criminal offense (noun)	fraud (noun)
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act	intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
	something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
	a person who makes deceitful pretenses

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