defraudation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin defraudatio, from defraudo (cheat, defraud, overreach).

Noun[edit]

defraudation (countable and uncountable, plural defraudations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.