• neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Seems to fit the official definition pretty neatly. Colloquially, I tend to agree with you, there’s a spectrum for fraud. But this still counts as fraud. It’s a fraudulent misrepresentation of the truth to convince others to part with something of value (a gift).

    The fact that it’s a gift doesn’t change that this is fraud, only the severity of fraud in a legal sense.

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      24 hours ago

      intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value

      Advertising and politics?

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      20 hours ago
      1. image of text: there’s this cool alternative called text that doesn’t break the web or accessibility. linking to source & quoting text makes an altogether better web for everyone.
      2. dictionary definition: not an official, legal definition.
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      23 hours ago

      Fraud in the sense that the guy is lying and profiting from it, sure. But the common / google definition of a word and the legal definition/ application of that word are two completely different things.