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defraud
verb as in cheat, bilk
Example Sentences
Fans say Ticket Maestro managed to defraud them out of a considerable amount of money.
Mario Medina, who was also convicted of an international extortion charge, enlisted his sister and son in a scheme that intended to defraud their neighbor’s family out of tens of thousands of dollars, authorities said.
Over the course of 10 years, she defrauded cancer charity Rainbow Valley by forging the signatures of staff and rerouting cash.
Instead, she was quoted as saying by the Associated Press, he had “defrauded the state”.
But prosecutors say he was scheming to defraud Anthem Blue Cross.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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