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語源

From 中期英語 defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /dɪˈfɹɔːd/
• (米国発音) IPA: /dɪˈfɹɔd/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /dɪˈfɹɑd/
• 韻: -ɔːd

動詞

defraud (third-person singular simple present defrauds, present participle defrauding, simple past and past participle defrauded)

1. (transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.
   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.

2. (archaic) To deprive.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 7:5:

     Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

   • 1872, William Goodell, “On Conjugal Onanism and Kindred Sins”, in Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 9, page 63:

     She is sinned against, because she is defrauded of her rights .

派生語

関連する語

• befraud
• defrauder

参考

• fraudster

アナグラム

• frauded