(fraudulent scheme)

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• fraudulent scheme — noun an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit • Syn: ↑racket, ↑illegitimate enterprise • Derivationally related forms: ↑racketeer (for: ↑racket) • …   Useful english dictionary

• Scheme — may refer to:* Scheme (programming language), a minimalist, multi paradigm dialect of Lisp * Scheme (mathematics), an important concept in algebraic geometry * Scheme (linguistics), a figure of speech that changes a sentence s structureystematic… …   Wikipedia

• fraudulent — [frô′jə lənt; frôd′yoo lənt, frôd′yələnt] adj. [ME < OFr < L fraudulentus < fraus, FRAUD] 1. acting with fraud; deceitful 2. based on or characterized by fraud [a fraudulent scheme] 3. done or obtained by fraud [their fraudulent wealth]… …   English World dictionary

• fraudulent — fraudulence, fraudulency, n. fraudulently, adv. /fraw jeuh leuhnt/, adj. 1. characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes. 2. given to or using fraud, as a… …   Universalium

• scheme to defraud — scheme or artifice to defraud For purposes of fraudulent representation statutes, consists of forming plan or devising some trick to perpetrate fraud upon another. State v. Smith, 121 Ariz. 106, 588 P.2d 848. Such connotes a plan or pattern of… …   Black's law dictionary

• scheme or artifice to defraud — For purposes of fraudulent representation statutes, consists of forming plan or devising some trick to perpetrate fraud upon another. State v. Smith, 121 Ariz. 106, 588 P.2d 848. Such connotes a plan or pattern of conduct which is intended to or… …   Black's law dictionary

• scheme — n 1: a combination of elements (as statutes or regulations) that are connected, adjusted, and integrated by design: a systematic plan or program an administrative inspection scheme 2: a crafty, unethical, or fraudulent project a scheme to defraud …   Law dictionary

• Fraudulent conveyance — A fraudulent conveyance, also fraudulent transfer is a civil cause of action. It arises in debtor/creditor relations, particularly with reference to insolvent debtors. The cause of action is typically brought by creditors or by bankruptcy… …   Wikipedia

• Fraudulent Conveyance — The illegal transfer of property to another party in order to defer, hinder or defraud creditors, or to put such property out of the reach of a creditor. Fraudulent conveyance, for instance, would occur if an individual sold all of his… …   Investment dictionary

• scheme — noun 1 plan for getting an advantage, etc. for yourself ADJECTIVE ▪ crazy, hare brained ▪ She s come up with a hare brained scheme for getting her novel published. ▪ elaborate ▪ get rich quick …   Collocations dictionary

• fraudulent — adj. Fraudulent is used with these nouns: ↑claim, ↑conduct, ↑document, ↑election, ↑practice, ↑scheme, ↑trading, ↑transaction …   Collocations dictionary