defraud

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪ.ˈfɹɔːd/

Verb

defraud (third-person singular simple present defrauds, present participle defrauding, simple past and past participle defrauded)

1. To obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle

Translations

to obtain money or property by fraud

• Bulgarian: измамвам (bg) (izmamvam)
• Catalan: estafar (ca), defraudar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Simplified: 骗取, 诈取

• Finnish: huijata (fi)
• French: escroquer (fr), (fam) arnaquer (fr)

• German: betrügen (de)
• Portuguese: defraudar (pt)
• Quechua: ch'achuy (qu)
• Romanian: frauda (ro), defrauda (ro)
• Spanish: timar (es), defraudar (es)

Related terms

• defrauder

See also

• fraudster