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.
[Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from Latin d fraud re : d -, de- + fraud re, to cheat (from fraus, fraud-, fraud).]
de fraud·a tion (d frô-d sh n) n. de·fraud er n. |
defraud Verb to cheat out of money, property, or a right to do something
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Verb | 1. | defraud - 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"bunco, con, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
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Translations defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt → estafar;
defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt → frauder;
defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt to defraud sb (of sth) → jdn (um etw) betrügen
defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt to defraud (of) → defraudare (di)
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