Showing Results for "defrauding"

defrauding

NOUN

cheating

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deceiving deception dishonesty

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frankness honesty openness truthfulness

NOUN

deceit

Synonyms

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chicanery deception dishonesty duplicity fraud hypocrisy treachery trickery

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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

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fairness forthrightness frankness honesty openness sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness

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artlessness reality

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uprightness

NOUN

meanness

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belittling cheating scolding

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coveting deceiving defaming degrading dishonoring groveling grudging quarreling shaming sneaking

Antonyms

WEAK

generosity nobility worthiness

NOUN

shiftiness

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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

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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

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pilfering purloining robbing swindling swiping

Antonyms

STRONG

bestowal gift giving offering

WEAK

return

Example Sentences

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The co-founder of Aspiration, Joseph Sanberg, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday after defrauding investors and lenders of over $248 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

After the pardon, Schwartz still had to return to Arkansas in late December to serve nine months in prison for defrauding the state’s Medicaid program.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Cassidy was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court of defrauding her aunt - who has since died - after being convicted in February.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Trevor Milton’s conviction for defrauding investors in truck company Nikola was wiped away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

She felt something that she had never felt before—an appetite and an intoxication in thus defrauding destruction; even her flesh responded with a tingling electric glow.

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen

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