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# defraud

«defraud» in Mova's school dictionary: **To trick someone out of money, property or rights by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (defraud, defrauds, defrauded, defrauding)

### meaning for a pupil

(law) To trick someone out of money, property or rights by lying or cheating: «He defrauded old people of their savings». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defraud/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In money and law topics, defrauding is a crime called fraud: fake emails, scam calls and bogus sellers try to defraud people. In online-safety lessons, pupils learn not to share bank details or passwords and to tell an adult about strange messages. In news, companies or people are charged with «conspiracy to defraud». Phrases: «defraud someone of something», «attempt to defraud», «conspiracy to defraud».

### examples

- The fake charity defrauded people of thousands of pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defraud/#x1)
- Scammers try to defraud people with fake prize emails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defraud/#x2)
- The banker was jailed for defrauding his customers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defraud/#x3)
- Never give your card details to strangers who might try to defraud you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defraud/#x4)
- The company was accused of defrauding the government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defraud/#x5)
- He defrauded his grandmother of her savings, which made the whole family sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defraud/#x6)
- Friar Bacon was defrauded of his labour in producing the Brazen Head in a similar way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defraud/#x7)

### note

You defraud a person «of» money. Noun: «fraud» (the crime) and «fraudster» (the criminal). Formal and legal; in everyday speech say «cheat», «con» or «scam». The «de-» here means «away from»: defraud = take away by fraud.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «defraud» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defraud/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.