Both Uses of
fraud
in
The Lords of Discipline
- From the stairway leading up to the second floor of the house, I heard the sound of mocking, fraudulent applause.†
Chpt 3.29 *fraudulent = dishonest
- But they had trusted the sincerity of my wishes, and once again I had become a victim of my own fraudulent, pathetic bravado.†
Chpt 4.37
Definition:
the act of deceiving someone for personal gain; or a person or thing that is not what it pretends or appears to be