defraudverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈfrɔːd/us/dɪˈfrɑːd/to take something illegally from a person, company, etc., or to prevent someone from having something that is legally theirs by deceiving them:
He was found guilty of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service.
They are both charged with conspiracy to defraud an insurance company of $20,000.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- launder
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
- swindle
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