defraud

Verbs

(v) deprive of by deceit
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
bunco, con, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize,

Synonyms

bunco con diddle gip goldbrick gyp hornswoggle mulct nobble rook scam swindle short-change victimize

Words of close approximity

defray

defrauder