defraud
verb (used with object)
to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud.
was defrauding
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past progressiveof defraud.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Police officers had arrested her solicitor husband Andrew over allegations he was defrauding clients - and were searching the family home the couple shared with their two children.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
She also previously represented the former president’s niece, Mary Trump, in a lawsuit that alleged Trump was defrauding his niece out of her inheritance.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2024
Prosecutors say Davis had been threatening to go to the FBI with information that Gumrukcu was defrauding him in a multimillion-dollar oil deal that Gumrukcu and his brother had entered into with Davis in 2015.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
"We don't know whether these companies were sowing favor with Trump by paying his friend, or whether his friend was defrauding these companies by purporting to sow influence on their behalf," she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2018
He let the old house fall into unbelievable disrepair and he took the stand that since I was defrauding him, he was too poor to do otherwise.
From The Windy Hill by Cornelia Meigs
