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Defraud is defined as to use illegal means or deception to trick someone, usually to obtain money.

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When you lie and say that you are the tax collector in order to trick people into giving you money, this is an example of when you defraud people.

See defraud in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to take away or hold back property, rights, etc. from by fraud; cheat

Origin: ME defrauden < OFr defrauder < L defraudare < de-, from + fraudare, to cheat < fraus, fraud

Related Forms:

defraudation noun
defrauder noun

See defraud in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·fraud·ed, de·fraud·ing, de·frauds

To take something from by fraud; swindle: defrauded the immigrants by selling them worthless land deeds.

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Origin: Middle English defrauden

Origin: , from Old French defrauder

Origin: , from Latin dēfraudāre

Origin: : dē-, de-

Origin: + fraudāre, to cheat (from fraus, fraud-, fraud)

Related Forms:

deˌfraud·aˈtion (dēˌfrô-dāˈshən) noun

de·fraudˈer noun

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