fraud Copy link Outline 1. fraus, dis, f. (most gen. term for all fraudulent conduct)2. dŏlus (stratagem, wile3. fallācia (chiefly in words)4. fraudātio (rare) • fraud: 1. fraus, dis, f. (most gen. term for all fraudulent conduct): wrong is done either by violence or by f., aut vi aut fr. fit injuria, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41: the enemy seek an opportunity for f. and deceit, hostes fr. ac doli occasionem petunt, Caes.: to plan f., fr. moliri, Phaedr.; fr. struere, Sen. 2. dŏlus (stratagem, wile: in the earlier writers and the Jurists, dolus malus): he contends by f.s and deceptions, dolis atque fallaciis contendit, Sall. Cat. 11: by f. and treachery, per dolum ac proditionem, Liv.: agreements that have been entered into neither through violence nor f., pacta neque vi neque d. malo facta, Edict. praet. in Cic. Off. 3, 24, init.: to use no dishonesty, no f.., ne qua fraus, ne quis d. adhibeatur, Cic. Dom. 14, 36. 3. fallācia (chiefly in words): v. deception. 4. fraudātio (rare): Vet. lex in Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70.