† defraudn.
Obsolete.
= defraudation n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
defraudc1450
defraudationc1503
fraudingc1530
defrauding1548
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
versing1591
begeckc1600
sharking1602
shaving1606
rooking1635
defraudment1645
emunging1664
prowlerya1670
bilking1687
sharping1692
mace1742
fineering1765
swindling1769
highway robbery1777
macing1811
flat-catching1821
ramping1830
swindlery1833
rigging1846
diddlinga1849
suck-in1856
daylight robbery1863
cooking1873
bunco-steering1875
chousing1881
fiddling1884
verneukery1896
padding1900
verneukering1900
bobol1907
swizzle1913
ramp1915
swizz1915
chizzing1948
tweedling1975
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]
falsec1000
fraudc1330
barrat1340
faitery1377
defraudc1450
trumpery1481
covin1487
defraudationc1503
knavery1528
conveyance1531
imposture1537
defrauding1548
cozenage1583
impostry1585
catch-dolt1592
gullery1598
coggery1602
gullage1607
charlatism1611
impostury1615
quacksalvery1617
mountebankery1618
imposition1632
imposturisma1634
blaflum1637
charlatanry1638
defraudment1645
mountebankism1649
impostorya1652
impostorism1652
imposturage1654
impostery1656
mountebank1657
imposing1659
quackery1675
quackism1722
empiricism1774
cross1802
charlatanism1804
practitionery1818
cozenry1829
humbuggery1831
trick1833
thimble-shift1834
thimble-shifting1834
thimbleriggery1841
humbuggism1842
quackhood1843
quacksalverism1864
razzle-dazzle1928
spivery1948
shuck1958
shucking and jiving1969
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 21 Þo arn acursyd þat..ȝyuen awey, here good..in defraude of here wyves & chylderyn.
1493 Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1597) §85 For the defraud done to our Soveraine Lorde in his customes be strangers.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 22 Preamble Their subtill ymagynacion in defraude of the seid estatutes.
1581 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §117 Anent..Alienationes maid in defraud of Creditoures.
1800 Trans. Soc. Arts 18 216 Without..being liable to the..defrauds of the miller.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
defraudv.
/dɪˈfrɔːd/ 1. † b. with direct and indirect object. Obsolete.
a. 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).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)]
deceivec1330
defraud1362
falsec1374
abuse?a1439
fraud1563
visure1570
cozen1583
coney-catch1592
to fetch in1592
cheat1597
sell1607
mountebanka1616
dabc1616
nigglea1625
to put it on1625
shuffle1627
cuckold1644
to put a cheat on1649
tonya1652
fourbe1654
imposturea1659
impose1662
slur1664
knap1665
to pass upon (also on)1673
snub1694
ferret1699
nab1706
shool1745
humbug1750
gag1777
gudgeon1787
kid1811
bronze1817
honeyfuggle1829
Yankee1837
middle1863
fuck1866
fake1867
skunk1867
dead-beat1888
gold-brick1893
slicker1897
screw1900
to play it1901
to do in1906
game1907
gaff1934
scalp1939
sucker1939
sheg1943
swizz1961
butt-fuck1979
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle
defraud1362
deceivec1380
plucka1500
lurch1530
defeata1538
souse1545
lick1548
wipe1549
fraud1563
use1564
cozen1573
nick1576
verse1591
rooka1595
trim1600
skelder1602
firk1604
dry-shave1620
fiddle1630
nose1637
foista1640
doa1642
sharka1650
chouse1654
burn1655
bilk1672
under-enter1692
sharp1699
stick1699
finger1709
roguea1714
fling1749
swindle1773
jink1777
queer1778
to do over1781
jump1789
mace1790
chisel1808
slang1812
bucket1819
to clean out1819
give it1819
to put in the hole1819
ramp1819
sting1819
victimize1839
financier1840
gum1840
snakea1861
to take down1865
verneuk1871
bunco1875
rush1875
gyp1879
salt1882
daddle1883
work1884
to have (one) on toast1886
slip1890
to do (a person) in the eye1891
sugar1892
flay1893
to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895
con1896
pad1897
screw1900
short-change1903
to do in1906
window dress1913
ream1914
twist1914
clean1915
rim1918
tweedle1925
hype1926
clip1927
take1927
gazump1928
yentz1930
promote1931
to take (someone) to the cleaners1932
to carve up1933
chizz1948
stiff1950
scam1963
to rip off1969
to stitch up1970
skunk1971
to steal (someone) blind1974
diddle-
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman 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.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iv. 116 To defraude the beguylar is no fraude.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. viii. f. 39v He had..defrauded the kynge of his portion.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 46 This poore Citie, was defrauded of her hopes.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 217 I will a little defraude the Reader from concluding with a few lines touching the first Discouerer.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 199. ⁋7 To defraud any man of his due praise is unworthy of a philosopher.
1838 R. W. Emerson Addr. Divinity Coll. 19 Whenever the pulpit is usurped by a formalist, then is the worshipper defrauded and disconsolate.
1880 ‘E. Kirke’ Life J. A. Garfield 39 We who defraud four million citizens of their rights.
ΚΠ
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xix. 8 If I haue ony thing defraudid ony man, I ȝelde the fourefold.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. xii. 148 Defrauding servants a portion of their daily food.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 303 Harold..defrauded his Souldiers thir due..share of the spoils.
c. absol. To act with or employ fraud.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)]
faitc1330
defraudc1384
to take (the) advantagea1393
false1393
halt1412
haft1519
juggle1528
wily beguile1550
foist1584
lurch1593
fog1621
imposture1624
rook1637
impone1640
cheat1647
chicane1671
humbug1753
fineer1765
gag1781
mountebank1814
jockeya1835
sniggle1837
barney1848
straw1851
honeyfuggle1856
skinch1891
finagle1926
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. vi. 8 Ȝe don wrong and defrauden [a1425 L.V. doen fraude] or bigilen and that to britheren.
1611 Bible (King James) Mark x. 19 Doe not beare false witnesse, Defraud not. View more context for this quotation
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 93 If he is the trustee of an orphan, and has the power to defraud.
2. figurative. To deprive or cheat (a thing) of what is due to it; to withhold fraudulently. archaic or Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > payment > non-payment > not pay [verb (transitive)] > withhold payment > fraudulently
defraud1497
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > withhold fraudulently
fraud1382
defraud1660
1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) D j/3 They selle Cryst & defraudeth theyr relygyon.
1559 Bp. Cox in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. vi. 98 They defrauded the payment of tithes and firstfruits.
1660 R. Boyle Seraphic Love 26 Where a direct and immediate expression of love to God defrauds not any other Duty.
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 15 Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer, To boast one splendid banquet once a year.
a1805 Paley (in Webster 1828) By the duties deserted..by the claims defrauded.
Derivatives
deˈfrauding n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
defraudc1450
defraudationc1503
fraudingc1530
defrauding1548
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
versing1591
begeckc1600
sharking1602
shaving1606
rooking1635
defraudment1645
emunging1664
prowlerya1670
bilking1687
sharping1692
mace1742
fineering1765
swindling1769
highway robbery1777
macing1811
flat-catching1821
ramping1830
swindlery1833
rigging1846
diddlinga1849
suck-in1856
daylight robbery1863
cooking1873
bunco-steering1875
chousing1881
fiddling1884
verneukery1896
padding1900
verneukering1900
bobol1907
swizzle1913
ramp1915
swizz1915
chizzing1948
tweedling1975
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]
falsec1000
fraudc1330
barrat1340
faitery1377
defraudc1450
trumpery1481
covin1487
defraudationc1503
knavery1528
conveyance1531
imposture1537
defrauding1548
cozenage1583
impostry1585
catch-dolt1592
gullery1598
coggery1602
gullage1607
charlatism1611
impostury1615
quacksalvery1617
mountebankery1618
imposition1632
imposturisma1634
blaflum1637
charlatanry1638
defraudment1645
mountebankism1649
impostorya1652
impostorism1652
imposturage1654
impostery1656
mountebank1657
imposing1659
quackery1675
quackism1722
empiricism1774
cross1802
charlatanism1804
practitionery1818
cozenry1829
humbuggery1831
trick1833
thimble-shift1834
thimble-shifting1834
thimbleriggery1841
humbuggism1842
quackhood1843
quacksalverism1864
razzle-dazzle1928
spivery1948
shuck1958
shucking and jiving1969
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus 1 Cor. in Paraphr. New Test. vii. (R.) To denye this right yf eyther of bothe aske it, is a defraudyng.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 160 The robbing, or defrauding of a Private man.
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 235 Few do pay them without delayings, defalkings, and defraudings.
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