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[ dih-frawd ] / dɪˈfrɔd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR defraud ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud: Dishonest employees defrauded the firm of millions of dollars. Origin of defraud1325–75; Middle English defrauden<Old French defrauder<Latin dēfraudāre, equivalent to dē-de- + fraudāre to cheat; see fraud SYNONYMS FOR defraudbilk, swindle, fleece, rip off, rook, cheat. SEE SYNONYMS FOR defraud ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM defraudde·frau·da·tion [dee-fraw-dey-shuhn], /ˌdi frɔˈdeɪ ʃən/, de·fraud·ment, nounde·fraud·er, nounun·de·fraud·ed, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for defraudLast week, property owners were beaten by security guards as they confronted a real-estate developer who defrauded them. China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST How many of the 36,000 clients that you defrauded have you called? Jon Corzine Can’t Answer $1.2 Billion Question About MF Global at Hearing|Michael Daly|December 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST Allan Dodds Frank on the Picower fortune's origins, and why it's not nearly enough for some of the defrauded. Payday for Madoff Victims|Allan Dodds Frank|December 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST That is the figure the thousands of defrauded victims believe to be more accurate. Obama Should Bail Out Madoff Victims|Ronnie Sue Ambrosino|April 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The people who defrauded investors and scammed unwitting homebuyers will be punished. Don't Lecture Us, Mr. President|Nicolle Wallace|March 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST It is claimed that this ignorant labor is defrauded of its just hire. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O|Various I fear I small be defrauded of my just martyrdom in the same way. Man And Superman|George Bernard Shaw Would it be indiscreet to ask you by whom you have been defrauded? Baron Trigault's Vengeance|Emile Gaboriau I have defrauded no one, I have taken no money upon usury, I have been true to the living, true to the dead. Floyd Grandon's Honor|Amanda Minnie Douglas It feels hurt when a rhythm is maimed or curtailed as if it had been defrauded of due payment. An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams|Pierre Nicole
British Dictionary definitions for defraud
verb(tr) to take away or withhold money, rights, property, etc, from (a person) by fraud; cheat; swindle Derived forms of defrauddefraudation (ˌdiːfrɔːˈdeɪʃən) or defraudment, noundefrauder, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to defraudfleece, victimize, rob, dupe, deceive, embezzle, con, circumvent, swindle, pilfer, hoax, clip, stick, do, burn, milk, foil, outwit, shaft, trick |