Illegal trickery
The crossword clue "Illegal trickery" is answered by FRAUD, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FRAUD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FRAUD answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FRAUD
Every other clue in this collection answered by FRAUD, most used first.
- Charlatan - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Impostor - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Con artist's crime - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Illegal firing? - ARSON, used 29 times
- Illegal payment - BRIBE, used 16 times
- Trickery - WILES, used 15 times
- Illegal burning - ARSON, used 11 times
- Catch by trickery - SNARE, used 10 times
- Escape by trickery - EVADE, used 10 times
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