defraud

English

Alternative forms

• defraude (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪ.ˈfɹɔːd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːd

Verb

defraud (third-person singular simple present defrauds, present participle defrauding, simple past and past participle defrauded)

1. (transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     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.

2. (archaic) To deprive.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 7:5:

     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.

   • 1872, William Goodell, “On Conjugal Onanism and Kindred Sins”, in Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 9, page 63:

     She is sinned against, because she is defrauded of her rights ^{(i.e. sexual satisfaction)}.

Related terms

• befraud
• defrauder

Translations

to obtain money or property by fraud

• Bulgarian: измамвам (bg) (izmamvam)
• Catalan: estafar (ca), defraudar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騙取／骗取 (zh) (piànqǔ), 詐取／诈取 (zh) (zhàqǔ)

• Esperanto: fraŭdi (eo)
• Finnish: huijata (fi)
• French: escroquer (fr), (fam) arnaquer (fr)
• German: betrügen (de), erschwindeln (de)
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽 (bifaihōn)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φενακίζω (phenakízō)

• Hindi: ठगना (hi) (ṭhagnā)
• Japanese: 騙し取る (ja) (damashitoru), 騙取する (ja) (henshu suru), 詐取する (ja) (sashu suru)
• Latin: fraudō
• Macedonian: и́змами (ízmami)
• Malayalam: വഞ്ചിക്കുക (ml) (vañcikkuka), പറ്റിക്കുക (ml) (paṟṟikkuka)
• Portuguese: defraudar (pt)
• Quechua: ch'achuy
• Romanian: frauda (ro), defrauda (ro)
• Russian: обма́нывать (ru) impf (obmányvatʹ), обману́ть (ru) pf (obmanútʹ), моше́нничать (ru) impf (mošénničatʹ), выма́нивать (ru) impf (vymánivatʹ), вы́манить (ru) pf (výmanitʹ)
• Spanish: timar (es), defraudar (es)
• Swedish: bedraga (sv), avlura

See also

• fraudster

Anagrams

• frauded