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▪ I. † deˈfraud, n. Obs.
[f. defraud v., after fraud n.]
= defraudation.
c1440Jacob's Well iii. (E.E.T.S.) 21 Þo arn acursyd, þat..ȝyuen awey here good..in defraude of here wyves & chylderyn. 1493Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1597) §85 For the defraud done to our Soveraine Lorde in his customes be strangers. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 22 Preamb., Their subtill ymagynacion in defraude of the seid estatutes. 1581Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §117 Anent..Alienationes maid in defraud of Creditoures. 1800Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts XVIII. 216 Without..being liable to the..defrauds of the miller.
▪ II. defraud, v.|dɪˈfrɔːd|
[a. OF. defrauder (des-, def-, dif-), 14th c. in Godef., ad. L. dēfraudāre, f. de- I. 3 + fraudāre to cheat, f. fraus, fraud-em, deceit, fraud.]
1. To deprive (a person) by fraud of what is his by right, either by fraudulently taking or by dishonestly withholding it from him; to cheat, cozen, beguile. Const. of († from).
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. viii. 71 He þat beggeþ..bote he habbe neode..defraudeþ þe neodi. 14..Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 104 They..thanked God with all her hartis furst Whech hathe not defrawded hem of her lust. 1474Caxton Chesse 98 To defraude the begiler is no fraude. 1555Eden Decades 39 He had..defrauded the kynge of his portion. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 46 This poore Citie, was defrauded of her hopes. Ibid. 217, I will a little defraude the Reader from concluding with a few lines touching the first Discoverer. 1752Johnson Rambler No. 199 ⁋7 To defraud any man of his due praise is unworthy of a philosopher. 1838Emerson Addr. Camb., Mass. Wks. (Bohn) II. 198 Whenever the pulpit is usurped by a formalist, then is the worshipper defrauded. 1880E. Kirke Garfield 39 We who defraud four million citizens of their rights.
†b. with direct and indirect object. Obs.
1382Wyclif Luke xix. 8 If I haue ony thing defraudid ony man I ȝelde the fourefold. 1600Holland Livy iv. xii. 148 Defrauding servants a portion of their daily food. 1670Milton Hist. Brit. vi. Harold, Harold..defrauded his soldiers their due..share of the spoils.
c. absol. To act with or employ fraud.
1382Wyclif 1 Cor. vi. 8 Ȝe don wrong and defrauden [1388 doen fraude] or bigilen and that to britheren. 1611Bible Mark x. 19 Doe not beare false witnesse, Defraud not. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 102 If he is the trustee of an orphan, and has the power to defraud.
2. fig. To deprive or cheat (a thing) of what is due to it; to withhold fraudulently. arch. or Obs.
1497Bp. Alcock Mons Perfect. D j/3 They selle Cryst & defraudeth theyr relygyon. 1559Bp. Cox in Strype Ann. Ref. I. vi. 98 They defrauded the payment of tithes and firstfruits. 1660Boyle Seraph. Love 26 Where a direct and immediate expression of love to God defrauds not any other Duty. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 277 Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer, To boast one splendid banquet once a year. a1805Paley (in Webster 1828), By the duties deserted..by the claims defrauded.
Hence deˈfrauding vbl. n.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Cor. vii. (R.), To denye this right yf eyther of bothe aske it, is a defraudyng. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvii. 160 The robbing, or defrauding of a Private man. 1659Gauden Tears of Ch. 235 Few do pay them without delayings, defalkings, and defraudings. |