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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

activity go
any specific behavior

wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus go
activity that transgresses moral or civil law

transgression, evildoing go
the act of transgressing

crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking go
(criminal law) an act punishable by law

fraud go
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

cheat, swindle, rig
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

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6 Subcategories

scam, cozenage go
a fraudulent business scheme
hustle, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, sting, flimflam go
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
pyramiding go
a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated
holdout go
the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later
swiz go
British slang for a swindle
shell game, thimblerig go
a swindling sleight-of-hand game