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

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

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday afternoon announced that nine providers have been charged with defrauding the Medicaid program. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been approved to move to a halfway house next year, ABC News reported, years after her stunning downfall that culminated in a conviction for defrauding investors while running her failed blood testing startup. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, the two teens will be issued criminal complaints for defrauding a restaurant. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

For example, Jason Galanis, who pled guilty to defrauding the Oglala Sioux Nation, had paid just over $2 million of his $80 million restitution before his sentence was commuted and the restitution erased in 2025. — Caren Morrison, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

The documentary was shot a month before the Theranos founder Holmes went to prison for defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in jail in 2022 for defrauding investors through her Theranos health startup. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

She was found not guilty on four other counts related to defrauding patients and the jury was deadlocked on the remaining three counts related to deceiving investors. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

He was also accused of defrauding an elderly patient out of $35,000, according to initial reports. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026