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Definition of Defraud
1. Verb. Deprive of by deceit. "They defraud him of all his money"; "The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Specialized synonyms: Short, Short-change
Generic synonyms: Cheat, Chisel, Rip Off
Derivative terms: Bunco, Con, Defrauder, Gyp, Scam, Scammer, Swindle, Swindler, Victimization
Definition of Defraud
1. v. t. To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld.
Definition of Defraud
1. Verb. To obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defraud
1. to swindle [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: swindle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defraud
Literary usage of Defraud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"Here there was no such intent at that time, and there was no uttering at the time
it is said there was an intention to defraud. ..."
2. The Development of the English Law of Conspiracy by James Wallace Bryan (1909)
"To obtain goods on credit with intent to defraud the merchant of the price, Rex vs.
... To cheat and defraud by selling an unsound horse, Rex vs. ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"The allegation of the plaintiff is that the mortgage was executed to defraud the
creditors of the mortgagor. There was no dispute at the trial as to the ..."
4. Roscoe's Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases by Henry Roscoe (1888)
"thought the prisoner intended to defraud JE when he delivered to him the bond,
... The intent to defraud may be presumed from the general conduct of the ..."
5. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"Where the indictment alleged that the instrument was forged and uttered with
the " felonious intent to feloniously cheat and defraud the said Aaron W. Allen ..."
6. A Treatise on Criminal Law by Francis Wharton, William Draper Lewis (1896)
"BURNING HOUSES WITH INTENT TO defraud INSURERS. § 843. ... 865, 1892. a barn of
another to defraud insurers Though there are several insurers, ..."
7. A Digest of the Criminal Law (crimes and Punishments) by James Fitzjames Stephen (1887)
"CONSPIRACY TO defraud OR EXTORT. Every one commits the misdemeanor of conspiracy
who agrees with any other person or persons to do any act with intent to ..."
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