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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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..
Gull :: Gull (v. t.) To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; 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..
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..
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..
Defrauding :: Defrauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defrau.
Wipe :: Wipe (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by 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..
Defrauded :: Defrauded (imp. & p. p.) of Defrau.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
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..
Defraudation :: Defraudation (n.) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man..
Defrauder :: Defrauder (n.) One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.
Swindle :: Swindle (v. t.) To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property..
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..
Defraudment :: Defraudment (n.) Privation by fraud; defrauding.
Cozener :: Cozener (n.) One who cheats or defrauds.
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