defraud
verb (used with object)
to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud.
has defrauded
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present perfectof defraud (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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After listing several other men they claim the Florida woman has defrauded or exploited, the Tates’ attorneys say Tristan Tate met her through a dating application.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Australian novelist Richard Flanagan follows 2014’s “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” with “First Person,” in which corporate con man Siegfried Heidl has defrauded banks of $700 million.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2018
Zacchaeus shinnies down the tree and repents, saying that that he will repay anyone he has defrauded “four times as much.”
From Time ● Oct. 12, 2015
Whistleblower cases, sometimes known as qui tam cases, are a means for people who believe companies has defrauded the government to file suit.
From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2010
She has defrauded you out of household goods and money; but Jack thinks we should hardly make anything by taking the matter into court.
From Polly of the Hospital Staff by Emma C. Dowd
