Synonyms of defrauding

defrauding 1 of 3

adjective

as in fraudulent

marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value

every new technology has brought with it a raft of defrauding schemes that make full use of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fraudulent
• dishonest
• false
• deceptive
• misleading
• deceitful
• crooked
• deceiving
• double-dealing
• duplicitous
• specious
• deluding
• beguiling
• delusive
• fallacious
• delusory
• spurious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• honest
• truthful
• legitimate
• true
• valid
• aboveboard

defrauding

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noun

as in swindling

Related Words

• swindling
• cheating
• skinning
• extortion
• chiseling
• gouging
• highway robbery
• fleecing
• overcharging

defrauding

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verb

present participle of defraud

as in cheating

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

senior citizens generally were too smart to fall for the fast-talking salesman's attempts to defraud them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheating
• squeezing
• hustling
• plucking
• stinging
• screwing
• beating
• swindling
• bilking
• sticking
• deceiving
• fleecing
• doing
• victimizing
• conning
• shortchanging
• mulcting
• tricking
• bleeding
• exploiting
• rooking
• stiffing
• suckering
• shorting
• chiseling
• fiddling
• diddling
• reaming
• fooling
• cozening
• betraying
• shaking down
• gaffing
• hosing
• extorting
• ripping off
• skinning
• nobbling
• chousing
• euchring
• flimflamming
• doing in
• thimblerigging
• overcharging
• taking for a ride
• taking to the cleaners
• gouging
• duping
• wrenching
• skunking
• selling a bill of goods to
• clipping
• milking
• gulling
• nicking
• wresting
• wringing
• soaking
• double-crossing
• bamboozling
• bitching
• roping (in)
• fast-talking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of defrauding

Noun

Her defrauding of the Foundation, however, surpassed that figure as FBI agents dug deeper into her theft. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025

And what could be more legitimate of a cause for removing a governor of the nation's central bank—which is, among other things, the lender of last resort to the country's financial institutions—than the alleged defrauding of those very financial institutions? — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

Verb

Federal prosecutors have charged multiple nonprofit leaders with defrauding taxpayer funds meant to support the homeless. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Holmes is serving an 11-year sentence for defrauding Theranos investors at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, roughly a two-hour drive from Austin. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Vereb, 72, appeared at the Allegheny County Courthouse on Thursday, submitting a guilty plea after being accused of defrauding thousands of pet owners over several years while operating funeral homes in Hazelwood and Harrison Township. — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Two providers were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly defrauding Medicaid for more than $500,000. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026

Holmes was about to begin an 11-year sentence at a federal prison in Bryan, Texas, for defrauding investors in her blood-testing company, Theranos, of hundreds of millions of dollars. — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026

Luis Pomaquiza, 42, of Southington, was arrested and charged with defrauding a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, according to the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

The suit claims MassMutual failed to supervise Uhls properly, which led him to defrauding investors. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

In January 2022, Holmes was convicted of defrauding investors and was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison that November. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026