Act of illegally using state welfare systems by knowingly withholding or giving information to obtain more funds than would otherwise be allocated

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A woman tells her friend how she pretended to be poor and got free accommodation at the Hospital Lariboisière for 40 days. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

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Welfare fraud

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A woman tells her friend how she pretended to be poor and got free accommodation at the Hospital Lariboisière for 40 days. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.