Defraud Common

Defraud has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Verb

deprive of by deceit

"He swindled me out of my inheritance"

"She defrauded the customers who trusted her"

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To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.

See Also

fraud long con defrauds philatelic forgery con cozen swindler truck

Related Terms

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)

cheat

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

short-change

Rhyming Words

aud baud yaud vaud saud maud laud gaud daud plaud chaud fraud claud maraud arnaud renaud giraud belaud artaud feraud

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