defraud

(dĭ-frôd')
tr.v., -fraud·ed, -fraud·ing, -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).]

defraudation de'fraud·a'tion (dē'frô-dā'shən) n.
defrauder de·fraud'er n.

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verb

To 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. See honest/dishonest.

v

Definition: cheat, bilk
Antonyms: contribute, help, repay, support

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To make a misrepresentation of an existing material fact, knowing it to be false or making it recklessly without regard to whether it is true or false, intending for someone to rely on the misrepresentation and under circumstances in which such person does rely on it to his or her damage. To practice fraud; to cheat or trick. To deprive a person of property or any interest, estate, or right by fraud, deceit, or artifice.

Intent to defraud means an intention to deceive another person, and to induce such other person, in reliance upon such deception, to assume, create, transfer, alter, or terminate a right, obligation, or power with reference to property.

For a list of words related to defraud, see:

• Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - defraud: (vb) cheat out of something by deception

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bedrage

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezwendelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - frauder, escroquer

Deutsch (German)
v. - betrügen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπεξαιρώ, αποσπώ με δόλο

Italiano (Italian)
truffare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - defraudar, enganar

Русский (Russian)
отбирать обманным путем, обманывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - defraudar, estafar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bedra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
欺骗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 欺騙

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 사기 치다, 사기 쳐서 빼앗다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - からだまし取る, 詐欺行為をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) سلب شخص ماله بالاحتيال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוציא במרמה, רימה‬

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