defraudde‧fraud /dɪˈfrɔːd $ -ˈfrɒːd/ verb [transitive] 
She defrauded her employers of thousands of pounds. He faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud (=a secret plan to cheat someone, made by two or more people).
VERB TABLE
defraud
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | defraud |
| he, she, it | defrauds | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | defrauded |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have defrauded |
| he, she, it | has defrauded | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had defrauded |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will defraud |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have defrauded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am defrauding |
| he, she, it | is defrauding | |
| you, we, they | are defrauding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was defrauding |
| you, we, they | were defrauding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been defrauding |
| he, she, it | has been defrauding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been defrauding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be defrauding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been defrauding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Between them they defrauded the company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- Sanders was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government.
- Trachtenberg is charged with attempting to defraud his business partner.
- In 1990, copywriter Peter Murphy accused Riney of defrauding him of his $ 1. 2 million share in the agency.
- Later he pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion in connection with defrauding Rose clients of nearly $ 400, 000.
- Maxwell, 36, a former Mirror Group executive, was also in court this month, charged with conspiracy to defraud.
- Rather, they are the latest developments in the true story of Clancy and the man who authorities say defrauded him.
- Robert Brennan is ordered to pay $ 71. 5 million for defrauding clients at now-defunct First Jersey Securities.
- The main purpose of the Exchequer was to prevent the Crown from being defrauded by its own officials.
- The same test applies now throughout the Theft Acts and in conspiracy to defraud.
- Whatever he was doing with the extra money, he was not settling accounts with those he had defrauded.
THESAURUSto get money or possessions dishonestly from someone
to deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to: · He used his charm to cheat the old lady out of everything he could get.· He’s afraid they’ll cheat him after he hands over the money.
informal to get money from someone by telling them lies: · They conned her into spending thousands of pounds on useless equipment.· He conned money out of the public by pretending to collect for charity.
to get money from a person or organization by cheating them in a clever way: · The painting has been stolen and the art gallery has been swindled out of a large sum of money.· A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds was jailed for four years.
to commit the crime of getting money from an organization by deceiving them: · He admitted attempting to defraud his former employer of $1 million.· Johnson is accused of conspiring to defraud the taxman of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
informal especially British English to dishonestly stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially something they have a right to have: · They’ve done me out of three weeks wages!
Longman Language Activatorto get money or possessions from someone dishonestly · He doesn't trust car mechanics -- he thinks they're all trying to cheat him.cheat somebody out of something · She says she was cheated out of $10,000 she paid to a modeling agency.· Cohen claimed that criminals posing as salesmen cheat Americans out of billions of dollars each year.
to get money from a person or organization by cheating them, especially using clever and complicated methods: · He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for.swindle somebody out of something: · Investors have been swindled out of millions of pounds.
especially spoken to persuade someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies: · By the time she realized she had been conned, she had lost more than $3000.con somebody out of something: · The old lady was conned out of her life savings by a crooked insurance dealer.con something out of somebody: · A man pretending to be a faith healer has conned around £20,000 out of desperate sick people.con somebody into doing something: · She was too embarrassed to admit that they had conned her into buying 100 acres of worthless land.
British informal to give false information or make dishonest changes to financial records, in order to get money or avoid paying money: · My boss thinks I've been fiddling my travel expenses.fiddle the books/fiddle the accounts (=change a company's financial records): · The company secretary has been fiddling the books for years.
to get money from a company or organization, especially a very large one, by deceiving it: · Trachtenberg is charged with attempting to defraud his business partner.defraud somebody (out) of something: · Between them they defrauded the company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
informal to get a lot of money from someone by tricking them: · She fleeced him for everything he had.· Authorities estimate at least 300 elderly couples were fleeced in the scheme.fleece somebody of something: · She estimates he fleeced her of about £50,000 by tricking her into buying fake antiques.
to get money or possessions from someone, by tricking or deceiving them: · Police are warning residents to be on their guard after two men tricked a pensioner out of several hundred pounds.· Megan was tricked out of her life savings by a smooth-talking handsome man who had promised to marry her.
especially British, informal to cheat someone by not giving them money that they deserve or that they are owed: · The way I see it, they've done me out of three weeks' wages.· She's convinced the sales assistant did her out of £15.
spoken use this to say that someone has been cheated but they do not realize it: · I hate to tell you this but you've been had. The antique clock you bought is a phoney.
WORD SETSabet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud (=a secret plan to cheat someone, made by two or more people).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
to trick a person or organization in order to get money from themdefraud somebody of something He faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud (=a secret plan to cheat someone, made by two or more people).· The appellant was concerned in a conspiracy to defraud the clearing banks of £60,000.
· They become illegal only when they are used to defraud cable companies.
· They were charged with conspiracy to defraud the race course.· The same test applies now throughout the Theft Acts and in conspiracy to defraud.· Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Castle Grande was part of a conspiracy to defraud Madison.· Maxwell, 36, a former Mirror Group executive, was also in court this month, charged with conspiracy to defraud.· Derek Hatton, Liverpool council's former deputy leader, was charged with conspiracy to defraud the city's ratepayers.· He still faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud.· Maxwell brothers charged with conspiracy to defraud Kevin and Ian Maxwell have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to defraud.
· Both face prison on their convictions for defrauding the government.· The suit was filed under a provision of the False Claims Act that allows individuals to sue companies defrauding the government.
VERB· They were charged with conspiracy to defraud the race course.· Derek Hatton, Liverpool council's former deputy leader, was charged with conspiracy to defraud the city's ratepayers.· All three were charged with conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to commit forgery, and false accounting.· P was charged with conspiracy to defraud, following interviews properly preceded by cautions.
· However, Hatton still faces two charges of conspiring to defraud the local authority.· Mr Hatton and Mr Monk had denied the two charges of conspiring to defraud the council.
She defrauded her employers of thousands of pounds. He faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud (=a secret plan to cheat someone, made by two or more people).