Antonyms for defrauded


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-frawd
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfrɔd


Definition of defrauded

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French defrauder, from Latin defraudare "to defraud, cheat," from de- "thoroughly" (see de-) + fraudare (see fraud). Related: Defrauded; defrauding.
  • verb cheat, bilk
Example sentences :
  • Can the Major give me the $900 of which I have been defrauded, to help me to conduct my defence?
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • The people now believed that they should be defrauded of their victim.
  • Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • For more than six months the men had been defrauded of their pay.
  • Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis
  • She was not in that way to be defrauded of her entertainment.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • And thus, as I have said, our task is not to be defrauded of our interior peace.
  • Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson
  • Let's see—it was a Building Society that you defrauded, wasn't it?
  • Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
  • Whose ox had he taken, whose ass had he taken, or whom had he defrauded?
  • Extract from : « The Way of All Flesh » by Samuel Butler
  • In one way or another, he was defrauded of his patent rights.
  • Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson
  • Thou seest that the law will not suffer, neither shall the State be defrauded.
  • Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • But there was zest in this outwitting of men who would have defrauded the settlers if they could.
  • Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

Synonyms for defrauded

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