Read the following excerpt from franklin delano roosevelt’s speech, the great arsenal of democracy, 1940.
the nazis have justified such actions by various pious frauds. one of these frauds is the claim that they are occupying a nation for the purpose of "restoring order." another is that they are occupying or controlling a nation on the excuse that they are "protecting it" against the aggression of somebody else. for example, germany has said that she was occupying belgium to save the belgians from the british. would she then hesitate to say to any south american country: "we are occupying you to protect you from aggression by the united states"? belgium today is being used as an invasion base against britain, now fighting for its life. and any south american country, in nazi hands, would always constitute a jumping off place for german attack on any one of the other republics of this hemisphere.
use context clues or a dictionary to select the best definition for use of frauds.
a person who is a sham or a poseur
a forthright direct attack
an instance of deception, trickery or deceit
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