Defenition of the word defraud

• Defenition of the word defraud

  • To deceive someone deliberately in order to make a financial gain.
  • deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"
  • deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
  • deprive of by deceit

Synonyms for the word defraud

• • bunco
  • cheat
  • con
  • deceive
  • diddle
  • dupe
  • fleece
  • gyp
  • mulct
  • nobble
  • rook
  • swindle
  • take advantage of
  • trick

Similar words in the defraud

• • defraud
  • defrauded
  • defrauding
  • defrauds

Hyponyms for the word defraud

• • short
  • short-change

Hypernyms for the word defraud

• • beat
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • rip off
  • sell short

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