- present participle of defraud.
defrauding
Example Sentences
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In 2022, a rancher was sentenced for defrauding Tyson Foods out of more than $244 million by charging it for cattle that didn’t exist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
It found him guilty of defrauding investors when he tweeted and traded about shares including Cronos Group, Nvidia, Tesla and American Airlines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Since 2018, the singer has been accused of defrauding the Spanish government in three cases, for the tax years 2011, 2012-2014 and 2018.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Texas police have charged a former Chick-fil-A employee for allegedly defrauding the fast food company of the cost of 800 trays of mac-and-cheese.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
I felt entirely innocent of defrauding two governments, and did not realize that I was a smuggler.
From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis