defraud

de·fraud

D0097400 (dĭ-frôd′)tr.v. de·fraud·ed, de·fraud·ing, de·frauds To take something from by fraud; swindle: defrauded the immigrants by selling them worthless land deeds.

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[Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from Latin dēfraudāre : dē-, de- + fraudāre, to cheat (from fraus, fraud-, fraud).]

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de′fraud·a′tion (dē′frô-dā′shən) n.de·fraud′er n.

defraud

(dɪˈfrɔːd) vb (Law) (tr) to take away or withhold money, rights, property, etc, from (a person) by fraud; cheat; swindle defraudation, deˈfraudment n deˈfrauder n

de•fraud

(dɪˈfrɔd)

v.t. to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud. [1325–75; Middle English < Old French defrauder < Latin dēfraudāre=dē- de- + fraudāre to cheat] de•fraud′er, n.

defraud

Past participle: defrauded
Gerund: defrauding

Imperative
defraud
defraud

Present
I defraud
you defraud
he/she/it defrauds
we defraud
you defraud
they defraud

Preterite
I defrauded
you defrauded
he/she/it defrauded
we defrauded
you defrauded
they defrauded

Present Continuous
I am defrauding
you are defrauding
he/she/it is defrauding
we are defrauding
you are defrauding
they are defrauding

Present Perfect
I have defrauded
you have defrauded
he/she/it has defrauded
we have defrauded
you have defrauded
they have defrauded

Past Continuous
I was defrauding
you were defrauding
he/she/it was defrauding
we were defrauding
you were defrauding
they were defrauding

Past Perfect
I had defrauded
you had defrauded
he/she/it had defrauded
we had defrauded
you had defrauded
they had defrauded

Future
I will defraud
you will defraud
he/she/it will defraud
we will defraud
you will defraud
they will defraud

Future Perfect
I will have defrauded
you will have defrauded
he/she/it will have defrauded
we will have defrauded
you will have defrauded
they will have defrauded

Future Continuous
I will be defrauding
you will be defrauding
he/she/it will be defrauding
we will be defrauding
you will be defrauding
they will be defrauding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been defrauding
you have been defrauding
he/she/it has been defrauding
we have been defrauding
you have been defrauding
they have been defrauding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been defrauding
you will have been defrauding
he/she/it will have been defrauding
we will have been defrauding
you will have been defrauding
they will have been defrauding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been defrauding
you had been defrauding
he/she/it had been defrauding
we had been defrauding
you had been defrauding
they had been defrauding

Conditional
I would defraud
you would defraud
he/she/it would defraud
we would defraud
you would defraud
they would defraud

Past Conditional
I would have defrauded
you would have defrauded
he/she/it would have defrauded
we would have defrauded
you would have defrauded
they would have defrauded

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

defraud - deprive of by deceit; "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"bunco, con, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimizeshort, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough moneycheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

defraud

verb cheat, rob, con (informal), do (slang), skin (slang), stiff (slang), sting (informal), rip off (slang), fleece, swindle, stitch up (slang), rook (slang), diddle (informal), bilk, gyp (slang), pull a fast one on (informal), cozen He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government.

defraud

verbTo get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:bilk, cheat, cozen, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize.Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.

Translations

escroquerfrauderabbindolarefrodaredefraudare