All 6 Uses of
fraud
in
An Ideal Husband
- Apparently to try and lure Robert to uphold some fraudulent scheme in which she is interested.†
Act 1fraudulent = dishonest
- And what did she mean by boasting that she had got you to lend your support, your name, to a thing I have heard you describe as the most dishonest and fraudulent scheme there has ever been in political life?†
Act 1
- This fraudulent speculation— MRS. CHEVELEY.†
Act 2
- It is because your husband is himself fraudulent and dishonest that we pair so well together.
Act 2 *fraudulent = intentionally dishonest to trick people
- A house, everything in which has been paid for by fraud.†
Act 2
- You began your life with fraud!†
Act 2
Definition:
the act of deceiving someone for personal gain; or a person or thing that is not what it pretends or appears to be