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.[Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from Latin dēfraudāre : dē-, de- + fraudāre, to cheat (from fraus, fraud-, fraud).]de′fraud·a′tion(dē′frô-dā′shən) n.de·fraud′er n.IdiomsSeedefraud