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語源

From Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /dɪ.ˈfɹɔːd/
  • 韻: -ɔːd

動詞

defraud (三人称単数 現在形 defrauds, 現在分詞 defrauding, 過去形および過去分詞形 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 731476803:

     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 964384981, 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", Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, vol. 9, page 63.

     She is sinned against, because she is defrauded of her rights ^{(i.e. sexual satisfaction)}.

関連する語

• befraud
• defrauder

参考

• fraudster

アナグラム

• frauded