Defraud

//dɪˈfɹɔd// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    deprive of by deceit wordnet
  3. 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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