It was an intricate scheme to defraud the rightful heirs.
Source: tatoeba (2027623)
Defraud
//dɪˈfɹɔd//
Synonyms for "defraud" (127 found)
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Translations
40 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φενακίζω verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Bulgarian
1 entries- измамвам verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Catalan
2 entries- defraudar verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- estafar verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 詐取 /诈取 verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- 騙取 /骗取 verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Czech
4 entries- obrat verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- okrást verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- ošidit verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- podvodně připravit verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Esperanto
1 entries- fraŭdi verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Finnish
1 entries- huijata verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
French
2 entries- (fam) arnaquer verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- escroquer verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
German
2 entries- betrügen verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- erschwindeln verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽 verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Hindi
1 entries- ठगना verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Italian
1 entries- frodare verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Japanese
3 entries- 詐取する verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- 騙し取る verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- 騙取する verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Latin
1 entries- fraudō verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Macedonian
1 entries- и́змами verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Malayalam
2 entries- പറ്റിക്കുക verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- വഞ്ചിക്കുക verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاغمق verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Portuguese
1 entries- defraudar verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Quechua
1 entries- ch'achuy verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Romanian
2 entries- defrauda verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- frauda verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Russian
4 entries- вы́манить verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- выма́нивать verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- моше́нничать verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- обма́нывать verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Spanish
2 entries- defraudar verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- timar verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Swedish
2 entries- avlura verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
- bedraga verb (to obtain money or property by fraud)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Con artists take advantage of the gullibility of inexperienced creditors and defraud them of their money.
Source: tatoeba (10681401)
He is also charged with conspiracy to transfer stolen money, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., money laundering, and tax evasion.
Source: tatoeba (12115802)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.