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Meaning of "benefit fraud" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BENEFIT FRAUD

benefit fraud  [ˈbɛnɪfɪt frɔːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BENEFIT FRAUD

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Benefit fraud is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BENEFIT FRAUD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Benefit fraud in the United Kingdom

Benefit fraud is a form of welfare fraud as found within the system of government benefits paid to individuals by the welfare state in the United Kingdom.

Definition of benefit fraud in the English dictionary

The definition of benefit fraud in the dictionary is If you claim benefit payments you are not entitled to you are committing benefit fraud.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BENEFIT FRAUD


abroad
əˈbrɔːd
accord
əˈkɔːd
afford
əˈfɔːd
antifraud
ˌæntɪˈfrɔːd
award
əˈwɔːd
billboard
ˈbɪlˌbɔːd
board
bɔːd
bored
bɔːd
broad
brɔːd
Claude
klɔːd
defraud
dɪˈfrɔːd
ford
fɔːd
fraud
frɔːd
keyboard
ˈkiːˌbɔːd
lord
lɔːd
maraud
məˈrɔːd
overbroad
ˌəʊvəˈbrɔːd
record
ˈrɛkɔːd
sword
sɔːd
ward
wɔːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BENEFIT FRAUD

beneficially
beneficialness
beneficiaries
beneficiary
beneficiate
beneficiation
benefit
benefit association
benefit club
benefit concert
benefit in kind
benefit match
benefit of clergy
benefit payment
benefit performance
benefit society
benefiter
benefits agency
benefitted
benefitting

WORDS THAT END LIKE BENEFIT FRAUD

applaud
Arnaud
Artaud
baud
belaud
carousel fraud
crapaud
daud
gaud
Giraud
haud
ibn-Saud
laud
maud
Milhaud
Reynaud
Rimbaud
Saud
Tussaud
Vaud

Synonyms and antonyms of benefit fraud in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «benefit fraud» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BENEFIT FRAUD

Find out the translation of benefit fraud to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of benefit fraud from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «benefit fraud» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

福利欺诈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fraude en las prestaciones
570 millions of speakers

English

benefit fraud
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाभ धोखाधड़ी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الغش فائدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мошенничество выгода
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fraude de benefícios
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুবিধা জালিয়াতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la fraude aux prestations
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penipuan faedah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leistungsbetrug
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

給付詐欺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이익 사기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Entuk manfaat penipuan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lợi ích gian lận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மோசடிக்கு பயன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाभ फसवणूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dolandırıcılık fayda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frode beneficio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oszustwa korzyści
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шахрайство вигода
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fraudă beneficiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απάτης όφελος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voordeel bedrog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bidragsfusk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fordel svindel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of benefit fraud

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BENEFIT FRAUD»

The term «benefit fraud» is regularly used and occupies the 81.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BENEFIT FRAUD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «benefit fraud» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «benefit fraud» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about benefit fraud

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BENEFIT FRAUD»

Discover the use of benefit fraud in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to benefit fraud and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Progress in Tackling Benefit Fraud
Benefit complexity is believed to be a major cause of error. Increasing the volume of pre-payment checks and encouraging customers to receive benefit payments directly into their bank accounts has prevented some fraud.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts, 2008
2
Progress in tackling benefit fraud: Department for Work and ...
1.9 There has been good progress overall by the Department in reducing the estimated value of benefit fraud, including Housing Benefit fraud. However, the Department has not met its Public Service Agreement target on Housing Benefit for ...
Great Britain: National Audit Office, 2008
3
Welfare Policy Under New Labour: Views from Inside Westminster
Not unrelated to the question of Incapacity Benefit, there was also some consensus on the need to tackle benefit fraud. A large proportion of MPs from each party, 46% of Labour, 68% of Conservatives and 29% of Liberal Democrats, thought ...
Hugh M. Bochel, Andrew Defty, 2007
4
Immigration benefits additional controls and a sanctions ...
DHS, terrorism experts, and federal law enforcement officials familiar with immigration benefit fraud believe that individuals ineligible for immigration benefits, including terrorists and criminals, could use fraudulent means to enter or remain in ...
United States, Government Accountability Office
5
Immigration Benefits: Additional Controls and a Sanctions ...
Additional Controls and a Sanctions Strategy Could Enhance Dhs's Ability to Control Benefit Fraud Paul L. Jones ... It generally provides a good overview of the complexities associated with pursuing immigration benefit fraud and the need to ...
Paul L. Jones, 2006
6
Fraud and Corruption in Public Services: A Guide to Risk and ...
Although these two categories can be considered separately, housing benefit fraud is a major part of total benefit fraud and each usually has implications for the other. Many fraudsters abuse both housing and other benefits, grants and transfer ...
Peter Jones, 2004
7
Social Control: Informal, Legal and Medical
The motives for the pre-eminence attributed to benefit fraud may be in dispute ( Connor, 2007), but what is not in question is that successive governments have sought to demonstrate that they are getting tough on benefit fraud. A focus on the  ...
James J. Chriss, 2010
8
International Encyclopedia of Social Policy
HANS KEMAN BENEFIT FRAUD The view that many recipients of welfare benefits may not be genuinely entitled to them is as old as the systems designed for the relief of poverty themselves. Demon- strating the apparent ease with which the ...
Tony Fitzpatrick, Huck-ju Kwon, Nick Manning, 2013
9
Homeland Security : management challenges remain in ...
applicants temporary employment authorization or advance parole.17 One CIS manager and one ICE manager in the field indicated that while dismantling large- scale smuggling rings is important, single cases of benefit fraud can have ...
United States
10
Homeland Security management challenges remain in ...
applicants temporary employment authorization or advance parole.17 One CIS manager and one ICE manager in the field indicated that while dismantling large- scale smuggling rings is important, single cases of benefit fraud can have ...
United States, Dept. of Homeland Security, Government Accountability Office

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BENEFIT FRAUD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term benefit fraud is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greedy drug dealer dodges extra jail time for benefit fraud
A GREEDY drug dealer has dodged further jail time for an £80,000 benefit fraud he committed alongside running cocaine and amphetamine ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
2
Linda Nolan to get life back on track after caution over benefits fraud
The 56-year-old was originally charged with £12,000 of benefit fraud in cases brought forward by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Fraud claims see county councillor stand down
A COUNCILLOR has sensationally quit his Nuneaton ward over allegations of benefit fraud. Martin Heatley has resigned as Warwickshire ... «Nuneaton News, Jul 15»
4
Fraud investigators net six-figure Angus haul
“Responsibility for investigating allegations of housing benefit fraud in Angus also transferred to the DWP in May this year and the changes led ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
5
Linda Nolan will no longer appear in court after benefit fraud case is …
The Celebrity Big Brother star was accused of benefit fraud back in May. It was alleged that she didn't declare money she'd earned and was ... «OK! Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Marlborough couple convicted of benefit fraud
Renwick couple John Trevor McLeish, 43, and Tracey Michelle McLeish, 33, appeared in the Blenheim District Court on Tuesday. «Marlborough Express, Jun 15»
7
Trowbridge man pleads guilty to two charges of benefit fraud at …
TROWBRIDGE man Darren Steele has pleaded guilty to two charges of benefit fraud, after failing to report to Wiltshire Council that he had capital investments in ... «Wiltshire Times, Jun 15»
8
Ex-Celeb Big Brother star Linda Nolan 'to be cautioned over alleged …
EX-Celebrity Big Brother star Linda Nolan is expected to be cautioned over £12,000 benefit fraud allegations after criminal charges against her ... «Daily Star, Jun 15»
9
Amsterdam re-examines benefit fraud fines
Decorative Scales of Justice in the Courtroom Amsterdam council is looking into whether benefit fraud fines handed out between 2013 and ... «DutchNews.nl, Jun 15»
10
Lincolnshire's councils join forces to crack down on benefit fraud
A campaign has been launched by councils across Lincolnshire in an attempt to crack down on housing benefit fraud and error. «Horncastle News, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Benefit fraud [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/benefit-fraud>. Apr 2024 ».
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