verb
defraud
dih-FRAWD
verb
1
To get money or property from someone through deception.
"The accountant was jailed for defrauding clients of millions."
How to Use Defraud
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo cheat someone out of money through trickery.
Common pairings
defraud investors
defraud the government
conspiracy to defraud
Word Forms
defrauded past tense, defrauds singular
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Etymology
From Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder — from the same root as "fraud."