· the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
Hypernym(s): fraud
· deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";
Synonym(s): victimize, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con
Hypernym(s): cheat, rip_off, chisel