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befrauding

befrauding is the present participle and gerund of befraud.

Meaning of befraud

Verb

befraud (third-person singular simple present befrauds, present participle befrauding, simple past and past participle befrauded)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, transitive) Synonym of defraud.
    • Her new experiences were to change her habits of consumption further and to make her more susceptible to the befrauding frills that she could now afford, but which would exploit her.1934, Albert Ernest Croft, Conditioning Buyer Personality
    Synonyms:
    defraud

Questions about befrauding

What is befrauding the present participle and gerund of?
Befrauding is the present participle and gerund of befraud.

Words near befrauding in the dictionary

  1. befound
  2. befountained
  3. beframe
  4. befraud
  5. befrauded
  6. befrauding
  7. befrauds
  8. befraught
  9. befreckled
  10. befree
  11. befreed

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