defrauded
Example Sentences
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Both women have had the money Griffiths defrauded them of reimbursed by their banks.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
But when older Americans are defrauded, they tend to lose more money — much more.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
“We can see today how the hope of many people is frustrated by violence, exploited by the powerful and defrauded by the rich,” he said days later in Angola.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer’s attorney David N. Kelley of O’Melveny and Myers wrote that Ballmer was defrauded of a $60-million investment in Aspiration and that the harm to his reputation is “immeasurable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Then she knew a moment of anger and wanted to shout at them because she felt they had cheated her out of her dream, defrauded her.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
