defraud (redirected from defrauded)

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.

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defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd]

vb

(Law) (tr) to take away or withhold money, rights, property, etc., from (a person) by fraud; cheat; swindle

defraudation  [ˌdiːfrɔːˈdeɪʃən], defraudment n

defrauder  n

Thesaurus

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 short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money 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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defraud

verb cheat, rob, con (informal), do (slang), skin (slang), stiff (slang), sting (informal), rip off (slang), fleece, swindle, stitch up (slang), rook (slang), diddle (informal), bilk, gyp (slang), pull a fast one on (informal), cozen He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government.

Translations

defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] VT (frm) [+ person, authorities] → estafar, defraudar
to defraud sb of sth → estafar algo a algn
he defrauded the firm of £1,000 → le estafó 1.000 libras a la compañía

defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt [+ person, organization] → frauder
to defraud sb of sth → escroquer qch à qn

defraud

vt → betrügen, hintergehen; to defraud somebody of something → jdn um etw betrügen or bringen

defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt to defraud (of) → defraudare (di)

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defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt to defraud (of) → defraudare (di)