Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fraudulent_scheme

1 sense of fraudulent scheme

Sense 1
racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise -- (an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit)
       => enterprise, endeavor, endeavour -- (a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise")