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defraud someone/something of something
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to take something illegally from a person, company, etc., or to prevent someone from having something that is legally theirs, by making statements that are not true:
He was found guility of defrauding the business of over £30,000.
The fund manager defrauded investors of millions of dollars.
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defraud
They are both charged with conspiracy to defraud an insurance company of $20,000.他们俩被指控合谋诈骗保险公司两万美元。
The directors had been defrauding shareholders of large sums for almost a decade.
The couple defrauded around 200 people of around £2 million in a sophisticated mail fraud scheme.
The start-up was accused of defrauding the state of tens of millions of dollars.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fraud & corruption
anti-bribery
anti-corruption
anti-counterfeiting
anti-fraud
Augean
dark money
defalcation
defraud
dolus
embezzle
impersonation
imposture
launder
malfeasance
malpractice
nobble
pyramid scheme
siphon
tax evasion
vishing
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