- fraudulence, duplicity - a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
--1 is a kind of misrepresentation, deceit, deception
- fraudulence, deceit - the quality of being fraudulent
--2 is a kind of dishonesty
- fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
--3 is a kind of trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
--3 has particulars: goldbrick; Piltdown man, Piltdown hoax