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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
defraud .
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Examples
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Bulgarian travel agency 'defrauds' customers, owner allegedly flees country
SofiaEcho RSS feed 2010
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Gianni Schicchi, a peasant, connives at making a fraudulent will for an aristocratic family, and defrauds them in turn.
Triple-Header Makes Excellent Opera Paul Levy 2011
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Mr. Vance, now in his second year in office, said that under his legislative plan a broker who defrauds a customer of $2,000 could be sentenced to up to 1 1/3 to four years in prison, while a large-scale fraud could bring an 8 1/3- to 25-year sentence, and a mandatory minimum term of one to three years.
D.A. Urges Michael Rothfeld 2011
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Much to the contrary, once we look honestly at the horribly fractured psyche in that individual or someone who rapes or someone who abuses children or someone who blows up a building full of innocent people or someone who defrauds others of their life savings, we realize the very real danger such people represent in society and the very real need to contain them—sometimes forever.
The 7 Glenn Beck 2011
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In the images one is OK but then the finished one defrauds much.
Pixilated Bathroom Design Made with Mosaic Bathroom Tiles 2009
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"Social" promotion defrauds students, and these victims of educational malpractice are entitled to reparations in the form of highly expert remediation, but doing the right thing in this is too expensive in the short term.
Michele Somerville: When 'Failing' Schools Close and Whiter, Brighter Schools Open Michele Somerville 2011
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Much to the contrary, once we look honestly at the horribly fractured psyche in that individual or someone who rapes or someone who abuses children or someone who blows up a building full of innocent people or someone who defrauds others of their life savings, we realize the very real danger such people represent in society and the very real need to contain them—sometimes forever.
The 7 Glenn Beck 2011
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"Social" promotion defrauds students, and these victims of educational malpractice are entitled to reparations in the form of highly expert remediation, but doing the right thing in this is too expensive in the short term.
Michele Somerville: When 'Failing' Schools Close and Whiter, Brighter Schools Open Michele Somerville 2011
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ANY company that cheats or defrauds the veterans should be dismantled on the spot.
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In both cases the scheme defrauds those unaware of the fix.
Louis M. Guenin: Regulating Collateralized Debt Obligations, the Elephant in the Room Untouched by Financial Reform Bills Louis M. Guenin 2010
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