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Defraud \De*fraud"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defrauded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Defrauding.] [L. defraudare; de- + fraudare to
cheat, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See
Fraud.]
To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a
deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by
embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a
servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the
thing taken or withheld.
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We have defrauded no man. --2 Cor. vii.
2.
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Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights.
--Hooker.
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