DEFRAUD

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(verb) deprive of by deceit; “He swindled me out of my inheritance”; “She defrauded the customers who trusted her”;

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

defraud (third-person singular simple present defrauds, present participle defrauding, simple past and past participle defrauded)

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

(archaic) To deprive.

Anagrams

• frauded

Source: Wiktionary

De*fraud", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defrauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Defrauding.] Etym: [L. defraudare; de- + fraudare to cheat, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See Fraud.]

Definition: 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. We have defrauded no man. 2 Cor. vii. 2. Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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