Defraud
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To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitfuldevice; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; tocheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or thestate; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld.We have defrauded no man. 2 Cor. vii. 2.Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. Hooker.
Defraud meaning & definition 1 of Defraud.
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This word means to deprive someone of their rights, money, or property by committing fraud. To describe this in one word it would be, dishonest.
Defraud meaning & definition 2 of Defraud.
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to take something illegally from a person, company, etc., or to prevent someone from having something that is legally theirs by deceiving them:
Defraud meaning & definition 3 of Defraud.
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Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception.
Defraud meaning & definition 4 of Defraud.