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pious fraud

noun

Etymology

Calque of Latin pia fraus.

  1. derived from pia fraus

Definitions

  1. An act of innocent deceit, technically using the methods of a fraudster but for an…

    An act of innocent deceit, technically using the methods of a fraudster but for an honest, honorable purpose.

    • White lies are verbal cases of pious fraud.

  2. A person involved in such a fraud.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pious fraud. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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