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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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..
Cozen :: Cozen (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way..
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..
Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..
Swindle :: Swindle (v. t.) To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property..
Defraudation :: Defraudation (n.) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
Rob :: Rob (v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight..
Defraudment :: Defraudment (n.) Privation by fraud; defrauding.
Defrauder :: Defrauder (n.) One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.
Chouse :: Chouse (v. t.) To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money..
Defrauding :: Defrauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defrau.
Gull :: Gull (v. t.) To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (adv.) Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin..
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (n.) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors..
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..
Rook :: Rook (v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
Cozener :: Cozener (n.) One who cheats or defrauds.
Defrauded :: Defrauded (imp. & p. p.) of Defrau.
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