defraud
Verb
Verb Forms: defrauded, defrauding, defrauds
- To illegally obtain money or property by deception.
- deprive of by deceit
- "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
- To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
- To deprive.
Examples
- It felt like he tried to defraud me of points by attempting to play a bogus word.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder.
Synonyms
bunco, con, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize
Scrabble Score: 12
defraud: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddefraud: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
defraud: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary