defraud
verb
[ dɪˈfrɔːd ]
• illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception.
• "he used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds"
Similar:
swindle,
cheat,
rob,
deceive,
dupe,
hoodwink,
double-cross,
fool,
trick,
con,
bamboozle,
do,
sting,
diddle,
rip off,
shaft,
bilk,
rook,
take for a ride,
pull a fast one on,
put one over on,
take to the cleaners,
gyp,
gull,
finagle,
milk,
fiddle,
swizzle,
sell a pup to,
sucker,
snooker,
stiff,
euchre,
bunco,
hornswoggle,
pull a swifty on,
cozen,
sharp,
mulct,
do someone in the eye,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French defrauder or Latin defraudare, from de- ‘from’ + fraudare ‘to cheat’ (from fraus, fraud- ‘fraud’).
