DEFRAUD
Dictionary entry overview: What does defraud mean? • DEFRAUD (verb)
The verb DEFRAUD has 1 sense:
1. deprive of by deceit
Familiarity information: DEFRAUD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEFRAUD (verb)
Meaning:
Deprive of by deceit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
bunco; swindle; scam; rook; nobble; mulct; hornswoggle; gyp; goldbrick; gip; diddle; defraud; con; short-change; victimize
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "defraud" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "defraud"):
short; short-change (cheat someone by not returning him enough money)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sentence example:
They defraud him of all his money
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