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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: defraud v : deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance" [syn: {swindle}, {rook}, {nobble}, {diddle}, {bunco}, {mulct}, {gyp}, {con}]
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