to defraud
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6.9
- verb
- /dɪˈfrɔd/
- Formal
:
defraudar
- She was accused of trying to defraud the bank by submitting false documents for a loan.
- defraud Medicaid
- defraud the Medicaid system
Why shouldn't you defraud your neighbor if it's good for you?
- Why shouldn't you defraud your neighbor if it's good for you?
- It's a conspiracy to defraud as well, he says.
- A general intent to defraud any person or entity suffices.
- You should not lie to a client and defraud them.
- The banks didn't even know they were being defrauded.
- He he got busted for filing false tax returns three times and then defrauding the IRS three times.
- In fact, under Illinois law, plaintiffs must prove such a pattern, called a scheme to defraud, in order to prove a promissory fraud claim.
- So it's basically wage garnishment forever until I die or until the people who are defrauded are paid back.
- In federal court on Monday, a jury found Elizabeth Holmes guilty of conspiracy to defraud investors and of three counts of wire fraud.
- Somebody who defrauds you is in some respect attempting to take away your property, patent and copyright.
- It could be illegal and it could end you up being defrauded or extorted for even more money, or even having your identity stolen.
- There's the quantity his injustice is when compared with that of a rich man who in any way defrauds a poor man of his last possession.
- Now, technically, defraud means to take money from now.
- You think about people engaged trying to defraud senior citizens of their money.
- They base the penalty on how much money you defrauded people out of.
Examples
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You think about people engaged trying to defraud senior citizens of their money.
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They're being charged a billion dollars from some government agencies because they defrauded people they were loaning mortgages and car auto loans to.
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The director keeps them here in order to defraud their insurance... and their parents.
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People will go to great lengths to defraud an insurance carrier.
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It's an obvious attempt to defraud the Abberwick Foundation of twenty thousand dollars.
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And then pretty soon, this person now is defrauding a federal lending institution.
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School boards and officials could be held "personally" responsible for defrauding the federal government and jailed.
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They base the penalty on how much money you defrauded people out of.
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Defrauding the I.N.S. is a federal offense.
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Ajayi was convicted of conspiracy to defraud after a trial and faces sentencing later this week.
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
61
7.3
To trick someone into giving their money or things
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3.9
To trick someone into giving money or their things
20
5.5
To cheat someone and take their money by lying
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7.2
Trick someone to take their money or things
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8.1
To trick someone into giving you their money or other things
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8.9
To trick someone so you take their money or things
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9.9
To cheat someone and take their money or things
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9.9
Get money or goods from someone by tricking them
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9.9
To cheat someone out of money or things
1
9.9
To trick someone to take their money or things
To trick someone to get their money
To cheat someone by lying to get their money
Cheat someone to get their money or things
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Defraud comes from Latin parts de- ('away') and fraus ('deceit' or 'trick'). So to defraud someone is to 'take away' their money or things by tricking them.