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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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..
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..
Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man..
Cozen :: Cozen (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way..
Defraudation :: Defraudation (n.) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..
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..
Swindle :: Swindle (v. t.) To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property..
Defraudment :: Defraudment (n.) Privation by fraud; defrauding.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness..
Wipe :: Wipe (v. t.) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out.
Cozener :: Cozener (n.) One who cheats or defrauds.
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..
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
Defrauded :: Defrauded (imp. & p. p.) of Defrau.
Gull :: Gull (v. t.) To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
Rook :: Rook (v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
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..
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