as in to cheat
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
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Recent Examples of defraud
The pair were indicted in 2019 on charges including conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million in loans, with a federal jury convicting them in June 2022.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 May 2025
After the for-profit chain Corinthian Colleges, investigated for predatory and fraudulent practices, collapsed in 2015, the Obama administration implemented the Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, which entitles students to loan cancellation if they’re defrauded by their school.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
In June 2022, they were accused of falsifying documents to defraud Atlanta banks out of more than $30 million through fraudulent loans.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 27 May 2025
In March 2023, DiBiase pleaded guilty to one federal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 21 May 2025
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 May 2025
After the for-profit chain Corinthian Colleges, investigated for predatory and fraudulent practices, collapsed in 2015, the Obama administration implemented the Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, which entitles students to loan cancellation if they’re defrauded by their school.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
In June 2022, they were accused of falsifying documents to defraud Atlanta banks out of more than $30 million through fraudulent loans.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 27 May 2025
In March 2023, DiBiase pleaded guilty to one federal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defraud
Verb
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The responsibility and reasoning behind infidelity lie solely with the person who cheated.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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After reconciling, the former couple still faced several challenges, including cheating allegations and public social media fallouts.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
30 May 2025
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In some towns, utility poles were removed so the caravans could squeeze through.—
Angela Jackson,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colo., for a vigil that featured prayer, singing and emotional testimony from a victim and witnesses of the firebombing attack in the city’s downtown, after a federal judge blocked the deportation of the suspect’s family.—
Colleen Slevin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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And yet, it’s still rooted in something real, because Perry plucked much of the heavy-handed dialog Keery delivers verbatim from the Wowee Zowee press kit, contemporaneous Malkmus interviews, and things Malkmus told Perry himself.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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The eggs, of course, are plucked from the hen house each morning.—
Matthew Monagan,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2025
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Night shift in a teeming academic hospital can feel like a relentlessly heaving freighter, and I’d been hustling from ward to ward bailing water; this task was just another on my scut list.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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There are a lot of risks doing that, but if someone wants to go all in and hustle for success, this can be a good option.—
Joseph Drups,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Its allure is rooted in seeing the celebrity guest melt beneath the weight of hot sauce: Shaq’s eyes stung red with tears, viscera gushed from O’Brien nose.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Recent history suggests that Republicans would take few lessons from even a stinging rebuke in the midterms.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
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Even children who are online only in small doses likely see false or inaccurate information that might deceive them.—
Evan Orticio,
Scientific American,
2 June 2025
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In November, Dove pleaded guilty in Gaston County to a dozen felony charges related to illegally accessing police computer systems and helping someone deceive a polygraph test, The Gaston Gazette reported.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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One deepfake scam bilked Arup, a British design and engineering company that worked on the Sydney Opera House and Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium, out of $25 million last year.—
Tiffany Hsu,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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From those schools, 10 teachers were bilked out of roughly $7,000 in credit card charges, Ware said.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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In high school, Combs was swindling his classmates out of their spare change, in addition to creating other hustles for himself.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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When Anakin won and was subsequently freed, Watto rues the bet, saying he was swindled.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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“Defraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defraud. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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