• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      “Fraud” is a legal definition.

      “Defraud” is basically defined as “doing fraud” but from context it just means “swindling someone in fully legal ways”

      • forrgott@lemmy.zip
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        12 hours ago

        The word fraud is almost always used in a legal context, but technically it’s just the noun describing the act, while the word defraud is the verb designating the act of committing fraud.

        But, I like your explanation, cause it’s stone and concise!