Definition of defraud

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Defraud (v. t.) 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..

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Rook :: Rook (v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
Defrauding :: Defrauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defrau.
Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man..
Defraudment :: Defraudment (n.) Privation by fraud; defrauding.
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law..
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
Bilk :: Bilk (v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor..
Peculation :: Peculation (n.) The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement..
Chouse :: Chouse (v. t.) To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money..
Cozen :: Cozen (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way..
Wipe :: Wipe (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out.
Trick :: Trick (v. t.) To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse..
Gull :: Gull (v. t.) To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
Defrauder :: Defrauder (n.) One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.
Defraudation :: Defraudation (n.) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
Cozener :: Cozener (n.) One who cheats or defrauds.
Defrauded :: Defrauded (imp. & p. p.) of Defrau.
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..
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