Pious fraud
Fraud in religion or medicine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a phrase. For the Estonian musical group, see Pia Fraus.
Pious fraud (Latin: pia fraus) is used to describe fraud in religion or medicine. A pious fraud can be counterfeiting a miracle or falsely attributing a sacred text to a biblical figure due to the belief that the "end justifies the means", in this case the end of increasing faith by whatever means available.