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Word: Defraud
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French defrauder or Latin defraudare, from de- ‘from’ + fraudare ‘to cheat’ (from fraus, fraud- ‘fraud’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈfrɔːd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception
Short Definition:illegally obtain money from someone by deception
Examples:- he used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds
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