Synonyms of defrauding

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fraudulent
• dishonest
• false
• deceptive
• misleading
• deceitful
• crooked
• deceiving
• double-dealing
• duplicitous
• specious
• deluding
• beguiling
• delusive
• fallacious
• delusory
• spurious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• honest
• truthful
• legitimate
• true
• valid
• aboveboard

defrauding

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noun

as in swindling

Related Words

• swindling
• cheating
• skinning
• extortion
• chiseling
• gouging
• highway robbery
• fleecing
• overcharging

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheating
• squeezing
• hustling
• plucking
• stinging
• screwing
• beating
• swindling
• bilking
• sticking
• deceiving
• fleecing
• doing
• victimizing
• conning
• shortchanging
• mulcting
• tricking
• bleeding
• exploiting
• rooking
• stiffing
• suckering
• shorting
• chiseling
• fiddling
• diddling
• reaming
• fooling
• cozening
• betraying
• shaking down
• gaffing
• hosing
• extorting
• ripping off
• skinning
• nobbling
• chousing
• euchring
• flimflamming
• doing in
• thimblerigging
• overcharging
• taking for a ride
• taking to the cleaners
• gouging
• duping
• wrenching
• skunking
• selling a bill of goods to
• clipping
• milking
• gulling
• nicking
• wresting
• wringing
• soaking
• double-crossing
• bamboozling
• bitching
• roping (in)
• fast-talking

Example Sentences

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

An East Hartford caregiver is facing charges for defrauding the Connecticut Medicaid Health Insurance Program for over $18,000 after allegedly double billing for services. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

In 2022, she was found guilty of defrauding investors but acquitted of defrauding patients; her ex and Theranos COO Sunny Balwani was convicted of both. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday afternoon announced that nine providers have been charged with defrauding the Medicaid program. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been approved to move to a halfway house next year, ABC News reported, years after her stunning downfall that culminated in a conviction for defrauding investors while running her failed blood testing startup. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, the two teens will be issued criminal complaints for defrauding a restaurant. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

For example, Jason Galanis, who pled guilty to defrauding the Oglala Sioux Nation, had paid just over $2 million of his $80 million restitution before his sentence was commuted and the restitution erased in 2025. — Caren Morrison, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

The documentary was shot a month before the Theranos founder Holmes went to prison for defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

She was found not guilty on four other counts related to defrauding patients and the jury was deadlocked on the remaining three counts related to deceiving investors. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026