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fraud — An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right. A false representation of a matter of fact, whether by words or by conduct … Black's law dictionary
fraud — An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right. A false representation of a matter of fact, whether by words or by conduct … Black's law dictionary
Tunneling (fraud) — Tunneling is a colloquial term for a specific kind of financial fraud. A group of major shareholders or the management of a publicly traded company orders that company to sell off its assets to a second company at unreasonably low prices. The… … Wikipedia
Securities Fraud Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act — The Securities Fraud Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act was USBill|108|H.R.|2179 and is a bill currently on the Union Calendar. Its official titles as introduced, is To enhance the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission to… … Wikipedia
foist — I verb apply pressure, beguile, coerce, compel, compel to accept, constrain, deceive, fob off on, force, force upon, gull, impose, impose by fraud, inflict, insert surreptitiously, palm off, palm off fraudulently, pass off as genuine, put in… … Law dictionary
Palm — (p[aum]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed} (p[aum]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. [1913 Webster] They palmed the trick that lost the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Palmed — Palm Palm (p[aum]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed} (p[aum]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. [1913 Webster] They palmed the trick that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Palming — Palm Palm (p[aum]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed} (p[aum]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. [1913 Webster] They palmed the trick that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
palm — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin palma palm of the hand, palm tree; from the resemblance of the tree s leaves to the outstretched hand; akin to Greek palamē palm of the hand, Old English folm, Old Irish lám hand… … New Collegiate Dictionary
palm — I. n. 1. Token of victory, prize, crown, laurel, bays, trophies. 2. Hand breadth, hand. 3. Palm tree. II. v. a. 1. Conceal in the palm (as a juggler). 2. Impose (by fraud), obtrude, pass off … New dictionary of synonyms
