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to get money illegally from a person or an organization by tricking them 骗取，诈取（…的钱财） All three men were charged with conspiracy to defraud. 三人均被控密谋诈骗。 🔊🔊 - defraud somebody (of something)
They were accused of defrauding the company of $14 000. 他们被控诈骗该公司 14 000 美元。 🔊🔊 She was involved in a conspiracy to defraud the government. 她卷入了欺骗政府的阴谋。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDefraud is used with these nouns as the object:- investor
- shareholder
- stockholder
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French defrauder or Latin defraudare, from de- ‘from’ + fraudare ‘to cheat’ (from fraus, fraud- ‘fraud’).