"pious fraud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pious frauds [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin pia fraus. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|la|pia fraus}} Calque of Latin pia fraus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pious fraud (countable and uncountable, plural pious frauds)
  1. An act of innocent deceit, technically using the methods of a fraudster but for an honest, honorable purpose. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pious_fraud-en-noun-iw4oxSsi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. A person involved in such a fraud. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pious_fraud-en-noun-Z~Wf5myY

Inflected forms

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