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Defraud Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Defraud? [v] deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Defraud: bunco \| con \| diddle \| goldbrick \| gyp \| mulct \| nobble \| rook \| scam \| swindle \| victimize Related Terms \| Find terms related to Defraud: abstract \| and \| annex \| appropriate \| bag \| bamboozle \| beat \| beguile \| beguile of \| bilk \| boost \| borrow \| bunco \| burn \| cheat \| chisel \| chouse \| chouse out of \| circumvent \| cog \| cog the dice \| con \| cop \| cozen \| crib \| deceive \| delude \| diddle \| do \| do in \| do out of \| dupe \| embezzle \| euchre \| extort \| filch \| finagle \| flam \| fleece \| flimflam \| fob \| foil \| fool \| fudge \| gouge \| gull \| gyp \| have \| hoax \| hocus \| hocus-pocus \| hoodwink \| hook \| humbug \| lift \| make off with \| milk \| mulct \| nip \| outwit \| pack the deal \| palm \| pigeon \| pilfer \| pinch \| poach \| practice fraud upon \| purloin \| rip off \| rob \| rook \| rope in \| run away with \| rustle \| scam \| screw \| scrounge \| sell gold bricks \| shave \| shoplift \| shortchange \| snare \| snatch \| snitch \| stack the cards \| steal \| stick \| sting \| swindle \| swipe \| take \| take a dive \| take in \| thieve \| thimblerig \| throw a fight \| trick \| victimize \| walk off with See Also \| beat \| cheat \| chisel \| rip off \| short \| short-change Defraud In Webster's Dictionary \De*fraud"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defrauded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defrauding}.] [L. defraudare; de- + fraudare to cheat, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See {Fraud}.] To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld. We have defrauded no man. --2 Cor. vii. 2. Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. --Hooker.

Defraud Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defraud?

[v] deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

Defraud In Webster's Dictionary

\De*fraud"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defrauded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Defrauding}.] [L. defraudare; de- + fraudare to
cheat, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See
{Fraud}.]
To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a
deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by
embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a
servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the
thing taken or withheld.

      We have defrauded no man.                --2 Cor. vii.
                                               2.

      Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights.
                                               --Hooker.

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