defraud
verb /dɪˈfrɔːd/
/dɪˈfrɔːd/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they defraud | /dɪˈfrɔːd/ /dɪˈfrɔːd/ |
| he / she / it defrauds | /dɪˈfrɔːdz/ /dɪˈfrɔːdz/ |
| past simple defrauded | /dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/ /dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/ |
| past participle defrauded | /dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/ /dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/ |
| -ing form defrauding | /dɪˈfrɔːdɪŋ/ /dɪˈfrɔːdɪŋ/ |
- to get money illegally from a person or an organization by tricking them
- All three men were charged with conspiracy to defraud.
- defraud somebody (of something) They were accused of defrauding the company of $14 000.
- She was involved in a conspiracy to defraud the government.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDefraud is used with these nouns as the object:- investor
- shareholder
- stockholder
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French defrauder or Latin defraudare, from de- ‘from’ + fraudare ‘to cheat’ (from fraus, fraud- ‘fraud’).