"frauditor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frauditors [plural]
Etymology: Blend of fraud + auditor, appeared in the early 2020s. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|fraud|auditor}} Blend of fraud + auditor Head templates: {{en-noun}} frauditor (plural frauditors)
  1. (US, journalism) An intimidating, phony or insincere First Amendment auditor. Tags: US Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-frauditor-en-noun-WLptDUie Categories (other): American English, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals Disambiguation of English blends: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 73 27 Topics: journalism, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Blend of fraud + creditor, appeared c. 1553. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|fraud|creditor}} Blend of fraud + creditor Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} frauditor (plural not attested)
  1. (dated, obsolete, rare) A cheat or defrauder. Tags: dated, no-plural, obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-frauditor-en-noun-NWGn7MCv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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