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befrauds

befrauds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 befrauds

What is befrauds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Befrauds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of befraud.

Words near befrauds in the dictionary

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

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