Fraud vs. Racket
Difference Between Fraud and Racket
Fraudnoun
(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
Racketnoun
(countable) A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
Fraudnoun
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
Racketnoun
(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Fraudnoun
The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
Racketnoun
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
Fraudnoun
A person who performs any such trick.
Racketnoun
A loud noise.
Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think!What's all this racket?Fraudnoun
(obsolete) A trap or snare.
Racketnoun
A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.
They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.Fraudverb
(obsolete) To defraud
Racketnoun
A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
Fraudnoun
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
Racketnoun
Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
Fraudnoun
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Racketverb
To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
Fraudnoun
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Racketverb
(intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
Racketverb
To be dissipated; to carouse.
Racketnoun
a loud and disturbing noise
Racketnoun
an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
Racketnoun
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;
modern music is just noise to meRacketnoun
a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
Racketverb
celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities;
The members of the wedding party made merry all nightLet's whoop it up--the boss is gone!Racketverb
make loud and annoying noises
Racketverb
hit (a ball) with a racket
