defraud

de·fraud

 (dĭ-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 dēfraudāre : dē-, de- + fraudāre, to cheat (from fraus, fraud-, fraud).]

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de′fraud·a′tion (dē′frô-dā′shən) n.

de·fraud′er 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, deˈfraudment n

deˈfrauder n

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de•fraud

(dɪˈfrɔd)

v.t.

to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud.

[1325–75; Middle English < Old French defrauder < Latin dēfraudāre=dē- de- + fraudāre to cheat]

de•fraud′er, n.

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defraud

Past participle: defrauded
Gerund: defrauding

Imperative

defraud

defraud

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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.

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defraud

verb

To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:

bilk, cheat, cozen, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize.

Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.

Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.

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Translations

betrügen

defraudartimar

huijata

escroquerfrauder

abbindolarefrodaredefraudare

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

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defraud

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

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defraud

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

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defraud

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

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