詐欺|さぎsagi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfraud; swindle; graft; cheating; trick; scam
   私の知しる限かぎり、彼かれはその詐欺さぎの企たくらみには関与かんよしていません。↗

   To my knowledge, he has not been involved in the fraud scheme.
2. nounsaying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking outas 行く行く詐欺, etc.; modeled from オレオレ詐欺

• Synonym詐取さしゅNeutralDefrauding someone of money or valuables, as in 「金品を詐取する」; common in legal contexts.
• Synonym欺騙きへんWrittenWritten/formal prose for deception, often in military contexts; rare.
• Synonym騙りかたりNeutralSwindling by impersonating another person, as in 「騙り」; has an old-fashioned flavor.
• Synonym欺詐ぎさWrittenWritten word for fraud; rare — in everyday use say 「詐欺」.
• Related欺瞞ぎまんWrittenWritten word for deceit and covering things up, as in 「自己欺瞞」; need not involve taking money, unlike 「詐欺」.
• Related虚偽きょぎWrittenWritten word for content being untrue, as in 「虚偽の申告」; 「詐欺」 is the act of swindling money.
• Related瞞着まんちゃくWrittenWritten word for deceiving by hiding the truth; rare — in everyday speech say 「騙す」.
• Related枉惑おうわくWrittenWritten word for deceiving or misleading people; rare.
• RelatedぺてんCasualColloquial for a con trick or swindle, as in 「ぺてん師」; 「詐欺」 is the formal legal and news term.
• RelatedごまかしNeutralFudging things or glossing them over, as in 「ごまかしが効かない」; not necessarily illegal.
• RelatedいかさまNeutralCheating or trickery, as in 「いかさま師」; used mostly for cheating at gambling.
• Related偽計ぎけいWrittenWritten word for a scheme to deceive people, seen mostly in 「偽計業務妨害」.
• Antonym正直しょうじきNeutralHonesty and frankness; the opposite of 「詐欺」.

Use 「詐欺」 for the crime of swindling money or goods (「振り込め詐欺」「詐欺師」). In legal contexts 「詐取」 means defrauding someone of money; 「ごまかし」 is fudging or covering up, and 「いかさま」 is cheating at gambling. 「ぺてん」 is the colloquial word for a con; most of the rest are rare written words. The opposite is 「正直」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 他人たにんをだまして、金品きんぴんを取とること。(民法みんぽう・刑法けいほう、でも使つかわれる用語ようご)