Meaning & use
Defrauded
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Deprived someone of money or property by deceit or fraud.
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The accountant was accused of having defrauded the company of millions of dollars.
Elderly investors were defrauded by a con artist posing as a financial advisor.
A note on using this word
Past tense of "defraud," from Latin "fraus" meaning deceit; commonly used in legal and financial contexts.
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