Synonyms for defraud
dɪˈfrɔdde·fraud

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1. 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

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1. defraudverb

   Synonyms:
   cheat, cozen, trick, dupe, gull, deceive, overreach, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, chouse, diddle, beguile, impose upon

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1. defraudverb

   Synonyms:
   cheat

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1. List of paraphrases for "defraud":

   cheat, deceive, disappoint, delude

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1. Joe Pounder:

   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.

2. John Calvin:

   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.

3. Betty McCray:

   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.

4. John Coffee:

   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.

5. Jeffrey Coopersmith:

   Mr. Balwani looks forward to trial because he did not defraud anyone, and it will be an honor to defend him vigorously.