The difference between Fraud and Usury
When used as nouns, fraud means the crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics, whereas usury means an exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
Fraud is also verb with the meaning: to defraud.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fraud and Usury
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Fraud as a noun (law):
The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
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Fraud as a noun:
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
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Fraud as a noun:
The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
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Fraud as a noun:
A person who performs any such trick.
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Fraud as a noun (obsolete):
A trap or snare.
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Fraud as a verb (obsolete):
To defraud
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Usury as a noun (countable):
An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
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Usury as a noun (uncountable):
The practice of lending money at such rates.
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Usury as a noun (uncountable, archaic):
The practice of lending money at interest.