How to Use defraud in a Sentence

defraud

verb

• They were accused of trying to defraud the public.
• They conspired to defraud the government.
• She was convicted of writing bad checks with intent to defraud.
• Both were charged with grand larceny and scheme to defraud.
  — Elle McLogan, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
• The wire fraud charge stemmed from Hull’s use of email to defraud his customers.
  — Christian Martinez Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2022
• The Times called more than a dozen women who had been defrauded by the group.
  — Isabelle Qian, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• No one was forced, no one was defrauded, and the price paid is their business and their risk to bear.
  — Douglas P. McCormick, Fortune, 23 June 2026
• In other words, fraudsters and hackers are pulling out all the stops to defraud you.
  — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2020
• Bannon pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree scheme to defraud.
  — Adam Reiss,dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
• Cullen is in the process of trying to prove to Navient that her school defrauded her.
  — Annie Nova, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2024
• But, having said that, there is a lot of money to be made in defrauding people.
  — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2020
• Roberts asked if McCreight did so with the intent to defraud.
  — al, 27 Jan. 2022
• The duo were found to have conspired to defraud banks out of more than $30M over the course of a decade.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
• Durham has not charged anyone with conspiring to defraud the government or a court.
  — The Editors, National Review, 15 Feb. 2022
• Mendez pleaded guilty in April to wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• Gumrukcu is accused of defrauding Davis for years.
  — Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
• Several people have been charged in other schemes to defraud the agency.
  — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2021
• But the list doesn’t include the sites that appeared to defraud Jenkins and Gochenour.
  — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022
• The prosecution must prove that Holmes had an intent to defraud.
  — NBC News, 30 Nov. 2021
• Scammers have made a career out of defrauding people, Rickard said.
  — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
• Archer was sentenced last month to more than a year in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud a native American tribe.
  — Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
• Investors have said Kwon defrauded them in promoting the coins.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• This is a scheme to defraud the voters of the Third District in New York.
  — CBS News, 15 Jan. 2023
• If money is spent improperly or defrauded away, much of it isn’t states’ own money.
  — Rachel Sheffield, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026
• She, too, was accused of defrauding a local cannabis company.
  — Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
• They are each charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, a felony.
  — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 8 Nov. 2021
• Holmes faces two counts of conspiracy to defraud investors and patients and 10 counts of wire fraud.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 1 Sep. 2021
• In the posts, de Hek called out Goliath as a Ponzi scheme defrauding its investors.
  — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
• The operator was sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to defraud tens of thousands of donors.
  — Andrew Kaczynski, CNN, 15 July 2021
• On the surface, the scam looks like the old tricks that have been used for years to defraud hapless prospective students with fake scholarships.
  — Chikezie Omeje, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2021