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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of defraud.

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Examples

  • I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on the Internet, but it certainly appears that the glass companies are charging the insurance companies for more than the glass replacement would normally go for in a competitive marketplace, and then splitting the extra money defrauded from the insurance company with the consumer.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » When Insurance Covers Routine Expenses…. 2009

  • Last week, when a photo of the valentine came to light, Farrow was in court fighting to reverse Allen's adoption of two of her 11 children, claiming he "defrauded" her by hiding his affair with Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi, 22.

    The Heart Of The Matter 2008

  • Sue Appaloosa A group of Delphi Corp. creditors claims that investors led by hedge fund Appaloosa Management "defrauded" the bankrupt auto-parts supplier by promising to invest $2.55 billion in it while "simultaneously and covertly" working to undermine its exit from Chapter 11 protection from creditors.

    Delphi Creditors 2008

  • This business about refunding people's money who felt "defrauded" by the claim that it was non-fiction is completely over the top.

    Dear Oprah 2006

  • It is not only clergy "defrauded" of expected dignities that write odd letters.

    Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • Marshall sold his company, Fireline Restoration Inc., in 2006 for nearly $60 million, but at the hearing he said he was "defrauded" out of his company and blamed his current troubles on that loss and his loans to Initech, a successor company he founded that is now in bankruptcy.

    Magistrate: Tampa contractor Brian Marshall in contempt | Tampa Bay Business Journal 2011

  • Eventually, the publisher would settle a class action lawsuit by offering refunds to the book's "defrauded" purchasers.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • I guess I'm not the only one who has been 'defrauded' by these people!

    unknown title 2009

  • And apparently the Nationals feel a bit 'defrauded'.

    FUGville Weblogs 2009

  • He said the DFL lacked hard evidence that the group had given money to Coleman, but said that either it had funneled donations to him or it had "defrauded" donors who believed they were helping to finance the recount efforts.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2009

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