defraud

defraud
Synonyms and related words:
abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, bamboozle, beat, beguile, beguile of, bilk, boost, borrow, bunco, burn, cheat, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, circumvent, cog, cog the dice, con, cop, cozen, crib, deceive, delude, diddle, do, do in, do out of, dupe, embezzle, euchre, extort, filch, finagle, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, foil, fool, fudge, gouge, gull, gyp, have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hook, humbug, lift, make off with, milk, mulct, nip, outwit, pack the deal, palm, pigeon, pilfer, pinch, poach, practice fraud upon, purloin, rip off, rob, rook, rope in, run away with, rustle, scam, screw, scrounge, sell gold bricks, shave, shoplift, shortchange, snare, snatch, snitch, stack the cards, steal, stick, sting, swindle, swipe, take, take a dive, take in, thieve, thimblerig, throw a fight, trick, victimize, walk off with

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  • defraud — de·fraud /di frȯd/ vt: to deprive of something by fraud de·fraud·er n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. defraud …   Law dictionary

  • defraud — de‧fraud [dɪˈfrɔːd ǁ ˈfrɒːd] verb [intransitive, transitive] LAW to gain money or goods from someone by saying or doing something dishonest: • He admitted attempting to defraud the insurance company. defraud somebody of something • She defrauded… …   Financial and business terms

  • Defraud — De*fraud , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defrauded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defrauding}.] [L. defraudare; de + fraudare to cheat, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See {Fraud}.] To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • defraud — mid 14c., from O.Fr. defrauder, from L. defraudare to defraud, cheat, from de thoroughly (see DE (Cf. de )) + fraudare (see FRAUD (Cf. fraud)). Related: Defrauded; defrauding …   Etymology dictionary

  • defraud — swindle, overreach, *cheat, cozen Analogous words: trick, bamboozle, hoax, gull, *dupe, befool: outwit, circumvent, foil (see FRUSTRATE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • defraud — [v] cheat, bilk bamboozle, beguile, burn, chouse, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do, do number on*, do out of*, dupe, embezzle, fleece, flimflam, foil, hoax, jive*, milk*, outwit, pilfer, pull fast one*, rip off*, rob, shaft*,… …   New thesaurus

  • defraud — ► VERB ▪ illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception. DERIVATIVES defrauder noun. ORIGIN Latin defraudare, from fraudare to cheat …   English terms dictionary

  • defraud — [dē frôd′, difrôd′] vt. [ME defrauden < OFr defrauder < L defraudare < de , from + fraudare, to cheat < fraus, FRAUD] to take away or hold back property, rights, etc. from by fraud; cheat SYN. CHEAT defraudation [dē΄frô dā′shən] n.… …   English World dictionary

  • defraud — v. (D; tr.) to defraud of (he defrauded them of their money) * * * [dɪ frɔːd] (D; tr.) to defraud of (he defrauded them of their money) (D; tr.) to defraud of (he defrauded them of their money) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • defraud — de|fraud [dıˈfro:d US ˈfro:d] v [T] to trick a person or organization in order to get money from them defraud sb of sth ▪ She defrauded her employers of thousands of pounds. ▪ He faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud (=a secret plan to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • defraud — [[t]dɪfrɔ͟ːd[/t]] defrauds, defrauding, defrauded VERB 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. [V n] He pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to… …   English dictionary

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