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Defrauded

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Defraud \De*fraud"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defrauded}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Defrauding}.] [L. defraudare; de- + fraudare to
   cheat, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See
   {Fraud}.]
   To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a
   deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by
   embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a
   servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the
   thing taken or withheld.

         We have defrauded no man.                --2 Cor. vii.
                                                  2.

         Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights.
                                                  --Hooker.
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