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Fraud consists of some deceitful practice or willful device, resorted to with intent to deprive another of his right, or in some manner to do him an injury.
以造成他方伤害为后果，自己牟利为意图的虚假陈述，并且对方相信而造成伤害。
Fraud, as applied to contracts, is the cause of an error bearing on a material part of the contract, created or continued by artifice, with design to obtain some unjust advantage to the one party, or to cause an inconvenience or loss to the other.
周五下午，一名男子在曼哈顿刑事法院外自焚，整个人被熊熊烈火包围，情景恐怖骇人，而法院内正在审理全美瞩目的前总统特朗普的掩口费案。
这宗令人震惊的事件发生在下午 1 点 30 分左右，地点是中央街 100 号法院对面的一个设有路障的公园。
从电视台拍下的惊悚画面见到，一名男子坐在公园的座位上，完全被火焰吞没，当人们拿着灭火器冲过去时，他已烧得焦黑的身体在地上抽搐。该男子被急救人员紧急送往医院，性命危殆。
纽约警察局发言人告诉《独立报》，当地时间下午 1 点 30 分左右，警方接到 911 电话后赶赴现场，并对该男子进行救援，目前未知男子自焚的动机。
报道又指，男子送院后，法庭旁的水泥地上仍然冒出烟雾，那里仍残留着灰烬和白色物质。一名目击者表示，他看到该男子把易燃液体倒在自己身上。