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defrauding

NOUN
cheating
Synonyms
STRONG
deceiving deception dishonesty
Antonyms
STRONG
frankness honesty openness truthfulness
NOUN
deceit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chicanery deception dishonesty duplicity fraud hypocrisy treachery trickery
STRONG
ambidexterity ambidextrousness artifice cheating chicane craft craftiness cunning deceitfulness dissimulation double-dealing fraudulence guile imposition pretense slyness trapping
WEAK
cozening dirty dealing dirty pool dissemblance entrapping overreaching smoke and mirrors two-facedness two-timing underhandedness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fairness forthrightness frankness honesty openness sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness
STRONG
artlessness reality
WEAK
uprightness
NOUN
meanness
Synonyms
STRONG
belittling cheating scolding
WEAK
coveting deceiving defaming degrading dishonoring groveling grudging quarreling shaming sneaking
Antonyms
WEAK
generosity nobility worthiness
NOUN
shiftiness
Synonyms
STRONG
ambidexterity ambidextrousness artifice cheating chicane chicanery craft craftiness cunning deceitfulness deception dishonesty dissimulation double-dealing duplicity fraud fraudulence guile hypocrisy imposition pretense slyness trapping treachery trickery
WEAK
cozening dirty dealing dirty pool dissemblance entrapping overreaching smoke and mirrors two-facedness two-timing underhandedness
Antonyms
STRONG
artlessness fairness forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness reality sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness
NOUN
theft
Synonyms
STRONGEST
break in burglary crime embezzlement extortion fraud heist holdup larceny looting mugging piracy robbery shoplifting thievery vandalism
STRONG
annexation appropriation caper cheating deprivation grab hustle job lift peculation pilferage pillage pinch plunder racket rapacity ripoff score snatch snitch steal stickup swindle thieving touch
WEAK
pilfering purloining robbing swindling swiping
Antonyms
STRONG
bestowal gift giving offering
WEAK
return

Example Sentences

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Texas police have charged a former Chick-fil-A employee for allegedly defrauding the fast food company of the cost of 800 trays of mac-and-cheese.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

He also commuted the sentence of David Gentile, a former private-equity executive who was 12 days into serving a seven-year prison sentence for defrauding investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Then last month, Indonesian authorities arrested 11 people, including customs officials, accused of defrauding the government between 2022 and 2024 by labelling palm oil as POME.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

For example, Bondi served as the lead attorney for billionaire Trevor Milton, who was convicted of defrauding investors in 2022, in a scheme in which Milton made misleading statements targeting “retail investors.”

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

Dearest of uncles, don't you think that, by coming "home" to subsist upon the income which keeps up this establishment, I should be defrauding Agatha, if not you?'

From Niece Catherine by Hampden, Mary