Defrauder

de·fraud  (d-frôd)

tr.v. de·fraud·ed, de·fraud·ing, de·frauds

To take something from by fraud; swindle: defrauded the immigrants by selling them worthless land deeds.

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[Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from Latin dfraudre : d-, de- + fraudre, to cheat (from fraus, fraud-, fraud).]

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defraud·ation (dfrô-dshn) n.

de·frauder n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

defrauder - a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud chiseler, chiseller, grifter, scammer, swindler, gouger card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy - a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games clip artist - a swindler who fleeces the victim con artist, con man, confidence man - a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true welcher, welsher - someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager