defraud
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- defraudation noun
- defrauder noun
- defraudment noun
- undefrauded adjective
Etymology
Origin of defraud
1325–75; Middle English defrauden < Old French defrauder < Latin dēfraudāre, equivalent to dē- de- + fraudāre to cheat; fraud
Example Sentences
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In 2013, a woman referred to as Jane Doe opened an account at Bank of America at the direction of Epstein associates as part of a “plan to defraud immigration officials,” according to the lawsuit.
The district attorney said the text messages would help prove “that intent to defraud, that intent to commit money laundering, this intent to violate our conflict of interest laws.”
From Los Angeles Times
A woman who defrauded more than £23,000 in benefits claiming she was too ill to go outside has avoided jail after she was caught surfing and ziplining in Mexico.
From BBC
But the jury absolved Musk of “engaging in a scheme to defraud Twitter investors.”
He also commuted the sentence of David Gentile, a former private-equity executive who was 12 days into serving a seven-year prison sentence for defrauding investors.
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