defraud

Etymology

From Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder.

verb

  1. (transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
  2. (archaic) To deprive.
    She is sinned against, because she is defrauded of her rights ). 1872, William Goodell, “On Conjugal Onanism and Kindred Sins”, in Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 9, page 63

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