DEFRAUD

defraud. Defraud, v.t. to injure by withholding or depriving of right, to cheat

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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. We have defrauded no man. 2 Cor. vii. 2. Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. Hooker.