defraud
verb /dɪˈfrɔːd/
/dɪˈfrɔːd/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they defraud | /dɪˈfrɔːd/ /dɪˈfrɔːd/ |
| he / she / it defrauds | /dɪˈfrɔːdz/ /dɪˈfrɔːdz/ |
| past simple defrauded | /dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/ /dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/ |
| past participle defrauded | /dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/ /dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/ |
| -ing form defrauding | /dɪˈfrɔːdɪŋ/ /dɪˈfrɔːdɪŋ/ |
- to get money illegally from a person or an organization by tricking them
骗取，诈取（…的钱财） - All three men were charged with conspiracy to defraud.
三人均被控密谋诈骗。 - defraud somebody (of something) They were accused of defrauding the company of $14 000.
他们被控诈骗该公司 14 000 美元。 - She was involved in a conspiracy to defraud the government.
她卷入了一场诈骗政府的阴谋。
Collocations DictionaryDefraud is used with these nouns as the object:- investor
- shareholder
- stockholder
- …
词源late Middle English: from Old French defrauder or Latin defraudare, from de- ‘from’ + fraudare ‘to cheat’ (from fraus, fraud- ‘fraud’). - All three men were charged with conspiracy to defraud.