Synonyms of defrauds

defrauds

verb

present tense third-person singular of defraud

as in cheats

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

senior citizens generally were too smart to fall for the fast-talking salesman's attempts to defraud them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheats
• plucks
• squeezes
• hustles
• stings
• deceives
• victimizes
• beats
• bilks
• swindles
• sticks
• shortchanges
• does
• screws
• bleeds
• mulcts
• betrays
• tricks
• exploits
• suckers
• extorts
• diddles
• shakes down
• rips off
• fleeces
• fiddles
• stiffs
• cozens
• shorts
• cons
• chisels
• reams
• fools
• skins
• chouses
• rooks
• gaffs
• flimflams
• euchres
• nobbles
• does in
• takes to the cleaners
• thimblerigs
• hoses
• skunks
• takes for a ride
• overcharges
• sells a bill of goods to
• wrenches
• wrests
• wrings
• gouges
• soaks
• clips
• milks
• dupes
• nicks
• bamboozles
• gulls
• ropes (in)
• double-crosses
• bitches
• fast-talks