Verb: defraud di'frod
- Deprive of by deceit
"She defrauded the customers who trusted her";
- swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer, informal], diddle [informal], bunco [N. Amer, informal], scam [informal], mulct, hornswoggle [N. Amer, informal], short-change, con [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], grift [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal], fleece [informal]
Derived forms: defrauded, defrauding, defrauds
Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], rip off [informal]
Encyclopedia: Defraud