defrauded

verbcheat, bilk

Synonyms for defrauded

verb cheat, bilk

Antonyms for defrauded

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., from Old French defrauder, from Latin defraudare "to defraud, cheat," from de- "thoroughly" (see de-) + fraudare (see fraud). Related: Defrauded; defrauding.

Example Sentences for defrauded

Can the Major give me the $900 of which I have been defrauded, to help me to conduct my defence?

The people now believed that they should be defrauded of their victim.

For more than six months the men had been defrauded of their pay.

She was not in that way to be defrauded of her entertainment.

And thus, as I have said, our task is not to be defrauded of our interior peace.

Let's see—it was a Building Society that you defrauded, wasn't it?

Whose ox had he taken, whose ass had he taken, or whom had he defrauded?

In one way or another, he was defrauded of his patent rights.

Thou seest that the law will not suffer, neither shall the State be defrauded.

But there was zest in this outwitting of men who would have defrauded the settlers if they could.

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