defraud
verb (used with object)
Origin of defraud
Synonyms for defraud
Related Words for defrauded
fleece, victimize, rob, dupe, deceive, embezzle, con, circumvent, swindle, pilfer, hoax, clip, stick, do, burn, milk, foil, outwit, shaft, trickExamples from the Web for defrauded
Contemporary Examples of defrauded
Last week, property owners were beaten by security guards as they confronted a real-estate developer who defrauded them.
How many of the 36,000 clients that you defrauded have you called?
Jon Corzine Can’t Answer $1.2 Billion Question About MF Global at HearingMichael Daly
December 16, 2011
Allan Dodds Frank on the Picower fortune's origins, and why it's not nearly enough for some of the defrauded.
That is the figure the thousands of defrauded victims believe to be more accurate.
The people who defrauded investors and scammed unwitting homebuyers will be punished.
Historical Examples of defrauded
Can the Major give me the $900 of which I have been defrauded, to help me to conduct my defence?
The Hunted OutlawAnonymous
The people now believed that they should be defrauded of their victim.
Calderon The CourtierEdward Bulwer-Lytton
For more than six months the men had been defrauded of their pay.
The History of the First West India RegimentA. B. Ellis
She was not in that way to be defrauded of her entertainment.
Captain BloodRafael Sabatini
And thus, as I have said, our task is not to be defrauded of our interior peace.
Joyous GardArthur Christopher Benson