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One who cheats or defrauds

qui tam action

a person on behalf of a government against a party alleged to have violated a statute esp. against defrauding the government through false claims and that provides for part of a penalty to go to the person

misrepresentation

representation made verbally, by conduct, or sometimes by nondisclosure or concealment and often for the purpose of deceiving, defrauding, or causing another to rely on it detrimentally ;also : an act or instance of making such a

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fraudulent conveyance

debts as a result of the conveyance or that is made with the intent of hindering, delaying, or defrauding his or her creditors called also fraudulent transfer compare preference NOTE: A fraudulent conveyance is generally voidable by

fraudulent conversion

fraudulent conversion : conversion committed with the intent of defrauding someone

disgorge

or by court order esp. to prevent unjust enrichment [ordered a…salesman to about $468,000 he had earned by defrauding Iowa banks "National Law Journal"] dis·gorge·ment n

Smuggling

Smuggling, the offence of importing prohibited Articles, or of defrauding the revenue by the introduction of Articles into consumption without paying the duties chargeable upon them. It may

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One who cheats or defrauds

qui tam action

a person on behalf of a government against a party alleged to have violated a statute esp. against defrauding the government through false claims and that provides for part of a penalty to go to the person

misrepresentation

representation made verbally, by conduct, or sometimes by nondisclosure or concealment and often for the purpose of deceiving, defrauding, or causing another to rely on it detrimentally ;also : an act or instance of making such a

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fraudulent conveyance

debts as a result of the conveyance or that is made with the intent of hindering, delaying, or defrauding his or her creditors called also fraudulent transfer compare preference NOTE: A fraudulent conveyance is generally voidable by

fraudulent conversion

fraudulent conversion : conversion committed with the intent of defrauding someone

disgorge

or by court order esp. to prevent unjust enrichment [ordered a…salesman to about $468,000 he had earned by defrauding Iowa banks "National Law Journal"] dis·gorge·ment n

Smuggling

Smuggling, the offence of importing prohibited Articles, or of defrauding the revenue by the introduction of Articles into consumption without paying the duties chargeable upon them. It may

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