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defraudation

defraudation noun: the act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.

Noun

defraudation (countable and uncountable, plural defraudations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.

Forms of defraudation

pluraldefraudations

Origin of defraudation

From Latin defraudatio, from defraudo (“cheat, defraud, overreach”).

Questions about defraudation

What does defraudation mean?
Defraudation means the act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
What part of speech is defraudation?
Defraudation is a noun.
What is the plural of defraudation?
The plural of defraudation is defraudations.

Words near defraudation in the dictionary

  1. defragments
  2. defrags
  3. DeFrank
  4. defraud
  5. defraudable
  6. defraudation
  7. defraudations
  8. defraude
  9. defrauded
  10. defraudee
  11. defrauder

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