The Collaborative International Dictionary
Defraud \De*fraud"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defrauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Defrauding.] [L. defraudare; de- + fraudare to cheat, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See Fraud.] 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.
We have defrauded no man.
--2 Cor. vii.
2.
Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights.
--Hooker.
Wiktionary
n. The act of committing fraud. vb. (present participle of defraud English)
Usage examples of "defrauding".
First, he would have liked to connect his fist with Winston Bamett'sjaw for being his uncle's accomplice in defrauding the Confederacy.
Howe, were charged with defrauding the Fidelity Life Association of 10,000 dollars.
By reviving, with Pitezel's help, his old plan for defrauding insurance companies, Holmes saw the opportunity of making 10,000 dollars, which he needed sorely, and at the same time removing his inconvenient and now lukewarm associate.
By reviving, with Pitezel's help, his old plan for defrauding insurance companies, Holmes saw the opportunity of making 10,000 dollars, which he needed sorely, and at the same time removing his inconvenient and now lukewarm associate.
I've been on the go since dawn-uncovered one of the neatest ways of defrauding the government I've ever run into.