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Antonyms for defraud
dɪˈfrɔdde·fraud
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term defraud.
Princeton's WordNet
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, converb
deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Synonyms:
rook, cabbage, fiddle, hook, nobble, victimize, gip, shirk, goldbrick, swindle, con, memorise, snatch, diddle, lift, gyp, kidnap, abstract, toy, abduct, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, short-change, hornswoggle, play, victimise, sneak, bunco, pinch, swipe, short, memorize, learn, scam, mulct, shrink from
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
defraudverb
Synonyms:
cheat
How to use defraud in a sentence?
With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to defraud and plunder the people.
Donald Trump is nothing but a con man who will say anything to defraud the American people like he did at Trump University, taking four businesses into bankruptcy or hiring foreign workers over Americans, the crowd at Trump's event wasn't applauding and the American people aren't either.
This will significantly constrain the NY AG's reach, yes, the AG can sue on a common law fraud theory and have six years, but then it must prove much more, including an intent to defraud.
Attorney General Tommy Thomas:
Custodial sentences and criminal fines will be sought against the accused ... given the severity of the scheme to defraud and fraudulent misappropriation of billions in bond proceeds.
It’s kind of common practice that you?need to?be a little bit loose with valuations, so,?to say this was done with a purpose - with the intent to defraud - will be challenging.
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