CONSTRUCTIVE FRAUD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence

Synonyms:

constructive fraud; legal fraud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("constructive fraud" is a kind of...):

fraud (intentional deception resulting in injury to another person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "constructive fraud"):

fraud in law (fraud that is presumed from the circumstances although the one who commits it need not have had any evil intent)

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