The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FRAUD which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Financial crime crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FRAUD | 33 % | 5 |
| MONEYLAUNDERING | 33 % | 15 |
| KITING | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Financial crime
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bank fraud
- identity fraud
- property crime
- embezzlement
- forgery
- identity theft
- corruption
- tax evasion in the united states
- false pretenses
- theft of services
- internet fraud
- burglary
Crossword Answer definitions
FRAUD noun- The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
- The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
- A person who performs any such trick.
- A trap or snare.
- To defraud
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FRAUD
- Impostor
- Charlatan
- Mountebank
- Trickery
- Bunco squad's concern
- Criminal deception
- Super duper
- Dupery
- Businessman's crime
- Deceptive crime
More clues leading to the result MONEYLAUNDERING
- Financial crime
- Organized crime activity
- Shady financial activity
- Process involving illegal drug profits, say
- Result of not emptying your pockets?
- Wherein dead presidents come clean
- Covering one's tracks, in a way
- Process for making ill-gotten gains look legitimate