defraud

Definition of defraud in English English dictionary: To obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle; to deprive of something dishonestly; {v} to injure by withholding or depriving of right, to cheat; {f} deprive of property through fraud, swindle, cheat; 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; If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies. He pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the government allegations that he defrauded taxpayers of thousands of dollars. to trick a person or organization in order to get money from them defraud sb of sth; 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"
defrauded: {a} cheated, deceived, deprived
defrauder: {n} one who defrauds, one who cheats
To defraud: fuck
defrauded: past of defraud
defrauder: {i} cheat, trickster, one guilty of fraud
defrauder: one who defrauds
defrauder: One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator
defrauders: plural of defrauder
defrauding: present participle of defraud
defrauds: third-person singular of defraud

defraud

Hyphenation

de·fraud

Turkish pronunciation

dîfrôd

Synonyms

bamboozle, beguile, burn, chouse, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do, do number on, do out of, dupe, embezzle

Antonyms

contribute, help, repay, support

Pronunciation

/dəˈfrôd/ /dɪˈfrɔːd/

Etymology

[ di-'frod, dE- ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French defrauder, from Latin defraudare, from de- + fraudare to cheat, from fraud-, fraus fraud.