Synonyms of defrauding

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

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
• chiselling
• shorting
• suckering
• chiseling
• fiddling
• diddling
• reaming
• fooling
• betraying
• cozening
• 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