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adjective

as in fraudulent
marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value every new technology has brought with it a raft of defrauding schemes that make full use of it

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defrauding

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noun

as in swindling

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defrauding

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verb

present participle of defraud
as in cheating
to rob by the use of trickery or threats senior citizens generally were too smart to fall for the fast-talking salesman's attempts to defraud them

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Recent Examples of defrauding
Noun
Her defrauding of the Foundation, however, surpassed that figure as FBI agents dug deeper into her theft. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025 And what could be more legitimate of a cause for removing a governor of the nation's central bank—which is, among other things, the lender of last resort to the country's financial institutions—than the alleged defrauding of those very financial institutions? — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
Silbert is facing several multibillion-dollar lawsuits accusing him of defrauding investors. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Fernando Ochoa Jauregui, owner of 8A Food Trucks, was accused of defrauding nearly $1 million in a fraud scheme. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Marshall had been charged with defrauding his mother’s estate of millions by inducing her to change her will in his favor after her mental capacity had faded. — Robert D. McFadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026 Smith allegedly negotiated lease terms and collected deposits from victims across 15 Florida counties between July 1, 2025 and April 30, defrauding hunters out of thousands of dollars. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Summary Todd Burkhalter, CEO of Drive Planning LLC, received a 20-year prison sentence for orchestrating Georgia's largest Ponzi scheme, defrauding over 2,000 investors of $380 million. — Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Selena Gomez and her mother have been accused in a federal lawsuit of defrauding investors of their mental health startup. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026 She is accused of defrauding 238 Naples residents out of more than $40,000. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) charged him with defrauding Punjab National Bank of roughly $2 billion. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defrauding
  1. fraudulent
  2. swindling
  3. cheating
  4. dishonest
  5. squeezing
  6. false
  7. hustling
  8. plucking
Adjective
  • Police said Pabst later learned that the pickup documents were fraudulent.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Washington rejected the legitimacy of the 2018 election that returned Maduro to office and also considered his 2024 reelection fraudulent.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of fraudulent
Noun
  • Her lawyers, Giuseppe Iannaccone and Marcello Bana, have denied there was a case of grand larceny, which would include fraud and swindling.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Jan. 2026
Definition of swindling
Verb
  • In this case, the reward was solving the ExploitGym questions and the hacking was literally hacking—cheating on the test and then hacking into Hugging Face in an effort to cover up the cheating (more on that below).
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Model 3 and Model Y adopted less elaborate press-and-pivot handles, helping give the cars their clean, wind-cheating profiles.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheating
Adjective
  • There are no controversies and any attempt to generate them is dishonest and disingenuous.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
  • If a claim is substantiated, the plagiarist is seen as sloppy or lazy at best, and fundamentally dishonest at worst.
    — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of dishonest
Verb
  • In the distance, a toddler in a matching Nike outfit literally leaped into the arms of a crying woman, perhaps a grandmother, squeezing tightly for a hug.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The floods will likely change that outlook, squeezing a country that’s heavily dependent on tourism while forcing a costly period of reconstruction.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of squeezing
Adjective
  • The lawsuit filed by two former employees contains allegations that are false, misleading, and unsupported by credible evidence.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Zucker provided false and misleading statements to investigators, according to a summary of findings released Wednesday.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of false
Verb
  • Besides Instagram hustling and scouring job boards, entrepreneurial editors find gigs when creators call out for help.
    — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Devers, who finished with three hits, eschewed his power for small ball in the fifth, laying down a surprise bunt for a single, then hustling home on Susac’s sacrifice fly.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Definition of hustling
Verb
  • The streamer has found its leading lady for the biopic, plucking an unknown first-timer to play the sertanejo icon.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Dramatic photos taken from the scene show a firefighter on a tower ladder plucking a panicked child from a fire escape.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of plucking

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“Defrauding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defrauding. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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