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Meaning of 'defraud' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

Meaning of 'defraud' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . defraud [ v]
Meaning (1):
- deprive of by deceit
Example in sentence:
  • He swindled me out of my inheritance;
  • She defrauded the customers who trusted her

Nearby Words:

deface defaced defacement defacer defacing defail defailance defailure defalcate defalcated

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