defraud
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++de·fraud /dɪˈfrɔːd $ -ˈfrɒːd/ verb [transitive] SCCto trick a person or organization in order to get money from them 诈骗，骗取〔金钱〕defraud somebody of something She defrauded her employers of thousands of pounds. 她从雇主那里骗取了数千英镑。 He faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud (=a secret plan to cheat someone, made by two or more people). 他面临偷窃和合谋诈骗的指控。→ See Verb table
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defraud• The same test applies now throughout the Theft Acts and in conspiracy to defraud.• Whatever he was doing with the extra money, he was not settling accounts with those he had defrauded.• Maxwell, 36, a former Mirror Group executive, was also in court this month, charged with conspiracy to defraud.• The main purpose of the Exchequer was to prevent the Crown from being defrauded by its own officials.• Robert Brennan is ordered to pay $ 71. 5 million for defrauding clients at now-defunct First Jersey Securities.• In 1990, copywriter Peter Murphy accused Riney of defrauding him of his $ 1. 2 million share in the agency.• Rather, they are the latest developments in the true story of Clancy and the man who authorities say defrauded him.• Trachtenberg is charged with attempting to defraud his business partner.• Later he pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion in connection with defrauding Rose clients of nearly $ 400,000.• Between them they defrauded the company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.• Sanders was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government.conspiracy to defraud• He still faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud.• Maxwell, 36, a former Mirror Group executive, was also in court this month, charged with conspiracy to defraud.• The defendants deny conspiracy to defraud.• The same test applies now throughout the Theft Acts and in conspiracy to defraud.• Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Castle Grande was part of a conspiracy to defraud Madison.• Derek Hatton, Liverpool council's former deputy leader, was charged with conspiracy to defraud the city's ratepayers.• They were charged with conspiracy to defraud the race course.From Longman Business Dictionarydefraudde‧fraud /dɪˈfrɔːd-ˈfrɒːd/ verb [intransitive, transitive]LAW to gain money or goods from someone by saying or doing something dishonestHe admitted attempting to defraud the insurance company.defraud somebody of somethingShe defrauded her employers of thousands of pounds.→ See Verb tablede·fraud verbChineseSyllable
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defraud
de‧fraud /dɪˈfrɔːd $ -ˈfrɒːd/
verb [transitive]
to trick a person or organization in order to get money from them
defraud somebody of something
She defrauded her employers of thousands of pounds.
He faces charges of theft and conspiracy to defraud (=a secret plan to cheat someone, made by two or more people).
■ to get money or possessions dishonestly from someone
▪cheat to deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to: He used his charm to cheat the old lady out of everything he could get. | He’s afraid they’ll cheat him after he hands over the money.
▪con informal to get money from someone by telling them lies: They conned her into spending thousands of pounds on useless equipment. | He conned money out of the public by pretending to collect for charity.
▪swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them in a clever way: The painting has been stolen and the art gallery has been swindled out of a large sum of money. | A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds was jailed for four years.
▪defraud to commit the crime of getting money from an organization by deceiving them: He admitted attempting to defraud his former employer of $1 million. | Johnson is accused of conspiring to defraud the taxman of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
▪do somebody out of something informal especially British English to dishonestly stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially something they have a right to have: They’ve done me out of three weeks wages!
de‧fraud /dɪˈfrɔːd $ -ˈfrɒːd/
verb [transitive]to trick a person or organization in order to get money from them
defraud somebody of something
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