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   defraud

   /dɪˈfrɔːd/

   verb

   • 1. illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception: "he used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French defrauder or Latin defraudare, from de- ‘from’ + fraudare ‘to cheat’ (from fraus, fraud- ‘fraud’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. defrauder noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • F

     4

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • U

     1

   • D

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