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neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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. Image

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Hackworth@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

Advertising and politics?

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- IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  laws don’t apply to politicians.
  
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lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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.

dictionary definition: not an official, legal definition.
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- IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  great, y’all want to get into Japanese criminal legal definitions?
  
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knight_alva@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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