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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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Defrauding :: Defrauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defrau.

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..

Cozen :: Cozen (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way..

Cheat :: Cheat (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.

Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.

Deceit :: Deceit (n.) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation..

Chouse :: Chouse (v. t.) To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money..

Rook :: Rook (v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.

Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man..

Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (n.) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors..

Cozener :: Cozener (n.) One who cheats or defrauds.

Defrauded :: Defrauded (imp. & p. p.) of Defrau.

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.

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..

Defraud :: 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..

Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..

Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.

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..

Defraudment :: Defraudment (n.) Privation by fraud; defrauding.