defrauded in English

verb

1

illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception.

he used a false identity to defraud the bank of thousands of dollars

synonyms: swindle, cheat, rob, embezzle, deceive, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, trick, con, do, sting, diddle, rip off, shaft, bilk, rook, gyp, pull a fast one on, put one over on, sucker, snooker, stiff

verb

• swindle, cheat, rob, embezzle, deceive, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, trick, con, do, sting, diddle, rip off, shaft, bilk, rook, gyp, pull a fast one on, put one over on, sucker, snooker, stiff
• goldbrick, con, mulct, swindle, gip, bunco, diddle, hornswoggle, scam, nobble, victimize, short-change, gyp, rook

Use "defrauded" in a sentence

1. She defrauded her employers of thousands of pounds.

2. Getting Help if You’ve Been Conned, Scammed, or Defrauded

3. Have you ever defrauded or attempted to defraud the gaming industry?

4. Are not the forbearing creditors equally defrauded in either case?

5. 7 The dishonest manager defrauded the company of millions of pounds.

6. It may also include the risk of being defrauded by a dishonest salesman.

7. Synonyms for Buncoed include cheated, conned, swindled, defrauded, fleeced, bilked, stiffed, suckered, cozened and tricked

8. The main purpose of the Exchequer was to prevent the Crown from being defrauded by its own officials.

9. The psalmist also sings: “Jehovah is executing acts of righteousness and judicial decisions for all those being defrauded.

10. The Bureau estimated that the Oks' deceptive telemarketing operations defrauded Americans of more than $5 million US.

11. The Bureau estimated that the Oks’ deceptive telemarketing operations defrauded Americans of more than $5 million US.

12. Borrower defense to repayment: A federal student loan forgiveness program for Borrowers whose schools violated certain laws, or defrauded or …

13. (Matthew 3:8; Acts 26:20) For example, if he had defrauded someone, he would take reasonable steps to compensate for the loss.

14. + 4 To this they said: “You have not defrauded us or crushed us or accepted anything at all from anyone’s hand.”

15. Stratton Oakmont functioned as a boiler room that marketed penny stocks and defrauded investors with the "pump and dump" type of stock sales.

16. In the mid-2000s, Kirk Wright of International Management Associates was accused of mail fraud and other securities violations which allegedly defrauded clients of close to US$180 million.

17. Bereft of his cake, defrauded of his frolic, and borne away by a strong hand to that detested bed, poor Demi could not restrain his wrath, but openly defied Papa, and kicked and screamed lustily all the way upstairs

18. 22 hours ago · The Biden administration has reversed a controversial Trump-era policy that will lead to the cancellation of roughly $1 billion in student debt for Borrowers who were defrauded by their colleges.

19. * 29 You will grope about at midday, just as a blind man gropes about in darkness,+ and you will not succeed in anything you do; and you will be constantly defrauded and robbed, with no one to save you.

20. He said: “The people of the land themselves have carried on a scheme of defrauding and have done a tearing away in robbery, and the afflicted one and the poor one they have maltreated, and the alien resident they have defrauded without justice.” —Ezekiel 22:29.