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defrauding

noun as in cheating

noun as in meanness

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He said he has been wrongly accused of defrauding the U.S. government.

But if the U.S. government is going after Armstrong and his team for using drugs and defrauding the public, why stop there?

A report now says senior execs, including Blankfein, played a "pivotal role" in the mortgage unit accused of defrauding investors.

Defrauding a $187 million estate seems like decidedly small potatoes in the age of Madoff and massive government bailouts.

And, how could he do it, even defrauding friends and family?

You speak of defrauding me, but what have I wanted that you had?

I felt entirely innocent of defrauding two governments, and did not realize that I was a smuggler.

You cannot defraud yourself of your birthright without defrauding all those to whom your birthright might bring blessings.

Instead of defrauding it of any part of its due, the existing system is treating it with an extreme and even wanton generosity.

But we are as bad as Mr. Coleridge, and are defrauding our readers of their fruits and flowers, their peaches and lilies.

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On this page you'll find 173 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to defrauding, such as: deceiving, deception, and dishonesty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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