[dɪˈfrɔːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception
(e.g: he used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds)


Phrases:

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