The crooked contractor defrauded the town out of a fortune.
•The clerk defrauded the employer out of a great deal of money.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
do someone out of something — {v.}, {informal} To cause to lose by trickery or cheating. * /The clerk in the store did me out of $2.00 by overcharging me./ … Dictionary of American idioms
do someone out of something — {v.}, {informal} To cause to lose by trickery or cheating. * /The clerk in the store did me out of $2.00 by overcharging me./ … Dictionary of American idioms
defraud — de·fraud /di frȯd/ vt: to deprive of something by fraud de·fraud·er n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. defraud … Law dictionary
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cheat — /tʃit / (say cheet) verb (i) 1. to behave deceitfully or dishonestly. 2. to be sexually unfaithful. –verb (t) 3. to defraud; swindle. 4. to deceive. 5. Film, TV to move (an object) for the purpose of picture composition, continuity, etc.: cheat… …
set — set1 W1S1 [set] v past tense and past participle set present participle setting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put)¦ 2¦(put into surface)¦ 3¦(story)¦ 4¦(consider)¦ 5¦(establish something)¦ 6¦(start something happening)¦ 7¦(decide something)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
put — [c]/pʊt / (say poot) verb (put, putting) –verb (t) 1. to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of some place or position: to put money in one s purse. 2. to bring into some relation, state, etc.: put everything in order. 3. to… …
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