different between defraud vs defraude

English

Alternative forms

• defraude (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?.?f???d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Verb

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.

   • 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.

   • 1872, William Goodell, "On Conjugal Onanism and Kindred Sins", Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, vol. 9, page 63.

Related terms

• befraud
• defrauder

Translations

See also

• fraudster

Anagrams

• frauded

English

Verb

defraude

1. Obsolete spelling of defraud

Portuguese

Verb

defraude

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of defraudar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of defraudar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of defraudar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of defraudar

Spanish

Verb

defraude

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of defraudar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of defraudar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of defraudar.