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Defraud
//dɪˈfɹɔd// verb
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Verb
- 1 To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle. transitive
"I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer."
- 2 deprive of by deceit wordnet
- 3 To deprive. archaic
"Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."
Etymology
From Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder.
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