- 1詐騙；法律上常說「詐欺」。
To trick a person or an organization in order to get money from them — not by grabbing it from their hands, but by a lie, a fake story, or a dishonest plan. Banks, shops, websites, and insurance claims are the usual setting. It is the verb the law likes: you defraud a person or a company. Stronger and more official than everyday “cheat” or “rip off.” You will hear it in news and in court more than at the dinner table. The usual pattern is defraud someone of money (or of property). Though actually, people sometimes use it a little loosely for any big cheat, but the core is still a planned trick for money.
組成From Middle English defrauden, from Old French defrauder, from de- + frauder (to cheat).
同家族的字
- fraudthe cheat or the crime; this is the verb built on it
- fraudulentthe adjective from the same fraud
- fraudstera person who lives by this kind of cheat
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
defraudverb/dɪˈfɹɔːd/
- 1
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
archaicTo deprive.
- Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
- She is sinned against, because she is defrauded of her rights ^((i.e. sexual satisfaction)).
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。