defraud
verb [intransitive, transitive]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. 她卷入了一场诈骗政府的阴谋。
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’).