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{
"term": "defraud",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "defraud",
"heSheIt": "defrauds"
},
"pastSimple": "defrauded",
"pastParticiple": "defrauded",
"ingForm": "defrauding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to get money illegally from a person or an organization by tricking them",
"sensetop": "defraud somebody (of something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "All three men were charged with conspiracy to defraud."
},
{
"text": "They were accused of defrauding the company of $14 000.",
"contextForm": "defraud somebody (of something)"
},
{
"text": "She was involved in a conspiracy to defraud the government."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːd/",
"audio": "de/defraud/defraud__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdz/",
"audio": "de/defraud/defrauds__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/",
"audio": "de/defraud/defrauded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/defraud/defrauding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːd/",
"audio": "de/defraud/defraud__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdz/",
"audio": "de/defraud/defrauds__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/",
"audio": "de/defraud/defrauded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/defraud/defrauding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French defrauder or Latin defraudare, from de- ‘from’ + fraudare ‘to cheat’ (from fraus, fraud- ‘fraud’)."
}