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 Definitions of defraud  [ɪˈfrɔd]  

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Definition of 'defraud' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) defraud
to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME < OF defrauder < L dēfraudāre=dē-de - +fraudāre to cheat)

Definition of 'defraud' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
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"


Definition of 'defraud' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) defraud
to use dishonest methods to get money
They defrauded the government out of millions.


Definition of 'defraud' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) defraud
to deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld



'defraud' - Nearby Entries  

deform  deformed  deformity  defraud  defray  defrayal  defrayment  



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