- present participle of defraud.
defrauding
Example Sentences
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This March, three Late Stage executives pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
John Burford, from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, admitted defrauding 100 investors and was sentenced to two years in prison in 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Carl Erik Rinsch, the director of the 2013 Keanu Reeves action film “47 Ronin,” will serve more than two years in federal prison for defrauding Netflix of $11 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Exiled Chinese entrepreneur Guo Wengui, convicted of defrauding thousands of people of more than $1 billion, was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison by a federal court in New York, US media reported.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
He answered, "Very well," but there was the look in his eyes of a man who knows he is defrauding his own soul.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
