Dictionary

defraud en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈfɹɑd/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /dɪˈfɹɔːd/ (UK)
• /dɪˈfɹɔd/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
   • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
2. (archaic) To deprive.
   • She is sinned against, because she is defrauded of her rights ^((i.e. sexual satisfaction)). 1872, William Goodell, “On Conjugal Onanism and Kindred Sins”, in Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 9, page 63:
   • Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 7:5:
   • Both laughed as they shook hands but Miss Tilehurst felt that she had been defrauded of something that she had looked forward to by Nora's offhand manner, and she was glad that Mr. Carrados took the occasion to rebuke his niece […] 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

Forms

Deriveds

undefrauded

Relateds

fraudster · defrauder · befraud

Translations (41)

la fraudō (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ota صاغمق (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ru выма́нивать (to obtain money or property by fraud) · cs okrást (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ro defrauda (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ru обману́ть (to obtain money or property by fraud) · de erschwindeln (to obtain money or property by fraud) · pt defraudar (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ja 騙取する (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ja 詐取する (to obtain money or property by fraud) · fi huijata (to obtain money or property by fraud) · hi ठगना (to obtain money or property by fraud) · de betrügen (to obtain money or property by fraud) · bg измамвам (to obtain money or property by fraud) · fr escroquer (to obtain money or property by fraud) · cs ošidit (to obtain money or property by fraud) · sv bedraga (to obtain money or property by fraud) · grc φενακίζω (to obtain money or property by fraud) · got 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽 (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ca estafar (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ru моше́нничать (to obtain money or property by fraud) · cmn 詐取 /诈取 (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ro frauda (to obtain money or property by fraud) · cs podvodně připravit (to obtain money or property by fraud) · es timar (to obtain money or property by fraud) · es defraudar (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ru обма́нывать (to obtain money or property by fraud) · eo fraŭdi (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ml പറ്റിക്കുക (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ml വഞ്ചിക്കുക (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ja 騙し取る (to obtain money or property by fraud) · it frodare (to obtain money or property by fraud) · qu ch'achuy (to obtain money or property by fraud) · mnc ᡧᡝᡵᡳᠮᡝ ᡤᠠᡳᠮᠪᡳ (to obtain money or property by fraud) · cs obrat (to obtain money or property by fraud) · fr (fam) arnaquer (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ru вы́манить (to obtain money or property by fraud) · ca defraudar (to obtain money or property by fraud) · mk и́змами (to obtain money or property by fraud) · sv avlura (to obtain money or property by fraud) · cmn 騙取 /骗取 (to obtain money or property by fraud)