01 v. t. To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; t…
imp. & p. p.
Defrauded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Defrauding
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To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld.“We have defrauded no man.” — 2 Cor. vii. 2.“Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights.” — Hooker.