fraud vs legal fraud

legal fraud vs fraud

fraud and legal fraud both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fraud	Yes	No	No	No
legal fraud	Yes	No	No	No

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

fraud: intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
legal fraud: comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence

Other hyponyms of fraud include barratry, identity theft, mail fraud, election fraud, constructive fraud, collateral fraud, extrinsic fraud, fraud in fact, positive fraud, fraud in the factum, fraud in the inducement, intrinsic fraud, cheat, fraud, rig, swindle.

fraud (noun)	legal fraud (noun)
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person	comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence
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

Difference between fraud and legal fraud

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