defraud

Object

• creditor: The main problem here is that there is a potential to defraud creditors.
• taxpayer: There are many ways that an individual or organized groups can try to defraud the genuine council taxpayer.
• investor: Michael Hart, a financial adviser, used checks made out to a bank to defraud investors of nearly £ 2m.
• NHS: Pharmaceuticals Senior executives with six UK drugs companies could face trial on charges of conspiracy to defraud the NHS of more than £ 100m.
• consumer: Telephone in the wrong hands is also becoming a very effective tool to defraud innocent consumers.
• bank: I mean, we're going to be defrauding the bank, aren't we?

Subject

• scam: Every year, several hundred thousand students and parents are defrauded by scholarship scams.

Modifying Another Word

• not: NAO staff must not defraud the NAO, other NAO staff, NAO clients or NAO contractors, in any way.
• even: But you yourselves wrong and defraud even your own brothers!
• just: It is you they are defrauding not just the system and fraud is estimated to cost every home £ 80 a year.
• n't: Ah well, Parcelforce are collecting it tomorrow anyway, so probably best that you do n't defraud your company.
• allegedly: The chief execs of five UK companies were hoicked out of bed at dawn and arrested for allegedly defrauding the NHS.
• also: If the AP is understating their income they are probably also defrauding the government.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• out: Many people have been defrauded out of a lot of money.

Preposition: in

• way: Whereas few people set out deliberately to defraud in this way, there is a risk of unintentional plagiarism.
• connection: Sarbanes-Oxley created a new securities fraud offense prohibiting knowingly executing a scheme to defraud in connection with any security.

Preposition: by

• scam: Every year, several hundred thousand students and parents are defrauded by scholarship scams.