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Synonyms for defraud
dɪˈfrɔdde·fraud
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Princeton's WordNet
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, converb
deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Synonyms:
rook, cabbage, fiddle, hook, nobble, victimize, gip, shirk, goldbrick, swindle, con, memorise, snatch, diddle, lift, gyp, kidnap, abstract, toy, abduct, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, short-change, hornswoggle, play, victimise, sneak, bunco, pinch, swipe, short, memorize, learn, scam, mulct, shrink from
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
defraudverb
Synonyms:
cheat
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "defraud":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#424 | learn | |
#516 | play | |
#746 | short | |
#1475 | abstract | |
#2529 | con | |
#2897 | toy | |
#4499 | lift | |
#5613 | hook | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#11065 | scam | |
#16203 | sneak | |
#16326 | snatch | |
#16414 | cabbage | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#18731 | fiddle | |
#30329 | deceive | |
#31211 | disappoint | |
#33601 | memorize | |
#35780 | rook | |
#37632 | kidnap | |
#38462 | swipe | |
#42454 | gip | |
#49972 | defraud | |
#58296 | swindle | |
#68256 | shirk | |
#72473 | diddle | |
#74450 | memorise | |
#87124 | abduct | |
#96993 | snarf | |
#104699 | delude | |
#113787 | gyp | |
#138234 | bunco | |
#164852 | victimize | |
#176519 | filch | |
#199693 | pilfer |
How to use defraud in a sentence?
Donald Trump is nothing but a con man who will say anything to defraud the American people like he did at Trump University, taking four businesses into bankruptcy or hiring foreign workers over Americans, the crowd at Trump's event wasn't applauding and the American people aren't either.
For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so nothing is taught but what is expedient to know. Therefore we must guard against depriving believers of anything disclosed about predestination in Scripture, lest we seem either wickedly to defraud them of the blessing of their God or to accuse and scoff at the Holy Spirit for having published what it is in any way profitable to suppress.
I didn’t defraud the city of anything, they are trying to get those homes back, so they can get the money and put it in their pocket.
This will significantly constrain the NY AG's reach, yes, the AG can sue on a common law fraud theory and have six years, but then it must prove much more, including an intent to defraud.
Mr. Balwani looks forward to trial because he did not defraud anyone, and it will be an honor to defend him vigorously.
Translations for defraud
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- احتيالArabic
- измамвамBulgarian
- defraudar, estafarCatalan, Valencian
- betrügenGerman
- timar, defraudarSpanish
- huijataFinnish
- arnaquer, escroquerFrench
- 詐取, 騙取, 騙し取るJapanese
- defraudarPortuguese
- ch'achuyQuechua
- frauda, defraudaRomanian
- обману́ть, вы́манить, выма́нивать, обма́нывать, моше́нничатьRussian
- ăn gianVietnamese
- דעפראַודYiddish
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