What is the meaning of defraud?

Deprive of by deceit.
- usage: "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
- synonyms: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con

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APA	WordNet. (2010). defraud. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/defraud/definitions/1269601
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