defraud (redirected from defrauds)

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

Verb

to cheat out of money, property, or a right to do something

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) rip off (slang) fleece, swindle, stitch up (slang) rook (slang) diddle (informal) bilk, gyp (slang) pull a fast one on (informal) cozen

Translations

defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt → estafar;

to defraud sb of sth → estafar algo a algn

defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt → frauder;

to defraud sb of sth → soutirer qch malhonnêtement à qn; escroquer qch à qn; frustrer qn de qch

defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] vt to defraud sb (of sth) → jdn (um etw) betrügen

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