Verb (used with object) : Dishonest employees defrauded the firm of millions of dollars. From Dictionary.com.
"Then, your defrauder is the Marquis de Valorsay!". From Wordnik.com. [Baron Trigault's Vengeance] Reference
Remember that William Russell is one of the 'defrauder' candidates raising funds through shadowy direct mail firm. From Wordnik.com. [Swing State Project] Reference
"Did the embezzler of the spoils and the defrauder threaten woe also to the soldiers?". From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
As example, he once tweaked a tax defrauder by saying something like: Says here I can sentence you to twenty years. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Tidying Up: Walton Decision, G/J and Other Bits] Reference
According to himself he can ferret out anything, or any one, from a defrauder of the revenue to a thief, an anarchist or a murderer. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
But one day, while photographing a kayaking insurance-company defrauder from a nearby sailboat, I realized that handling the camera still gave me a great deal of pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Till the Butchers Cut Him Down]
But by this time imperialism was stepping up its campaigns against Cuba, and this man is an opportunist and a defrauder, he refused even to establish communications with Cuba. From Wordnik.com. [GRADUATION EXERCISES] Reference
By his own admission, he did not pay sufficient attention to the details, and Bill Clinton, at the behest of Marc Rich's attorney, Scooter Libby, pardoned Rich, a notorious defrauder who had escaped to Switzerland without going to trial or serving a day in prison. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Abrams: Why Rove Attacks Eric Holder: To Provide Cover for Bush's Pardons] Reference
It allowed the thief, the adulterer, the murderer and the defrauder of the poor to secure forgiveness of his sins by buying his way out of the allegedly purifying flames of Purgatory rather than demanding a radical change of his life to a true "path of righteousness". From Wordnik.com. [Father Paul Mayer: The Carbon Tax: A Moral Issue] Reference
For shame, O sinful depredator, O defrauder of the poor! '. From Wordnik.com. [Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6] Reference
'I'm a technical defrauder, I see, and your manner conveys the rest. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh] Reference
Real public servant defeated by bald opportunistic Medicaid defrauder. From Wordnik.com. [Naples Daily News Stories] Reference
And you will go to law for it, and you will denounce the man as a defrauder. From Wordnik.com. [New Tabernacle Sermons] Reference
HAD declared himself to be the defrauded instead of the defrauder; he was quite capable of it. From Wordnik.com. [Kent Knowles: Quahaug] Reference
Obama fires Inspector General who uncovered fraud and corruption, and honors defrauder instead. From Wordnik.com. [Examiner National Edition Channel Articles] Reference
It appears to have been what is known as an "affinity fraud," when the defrauder himself belongs to the groups he bilks. From Wordnik.com. [AmericanHeritage.com] Reference
"Step aside, defense industry, there's a new defrauder in town," the group said on its Web site with the release of a 35-page report. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Trenmor ruins himself, borrows without paying back, and finally swindles "an old millionaire who was himself a defrauder and a dissipated man" out of. From Wordnik.com. [George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings] Reference
While there is no lack of fraud in many of the processes identified in this article, this article seems to slant the truth almost as much as a defrauder would. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Tape Chronicles] Reference
Public Citizen just came out with a study that indicates that Big Pharma has become the biggest defrauder of the government they passed up the defense industry. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
Neither of them wishes to give up his money, but an arrangement has been come to, in virtue of which one consents to be a defrauder, and the other to be defrauded. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories] Reference
Trenmor ruins himself, borrows without paying back, and finally swindles "an old millionaire who was himself a defrauder and a dissipated man" out of a hundred francs. From Wordnik.com. [George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings] Reference
If it's fraud, you really are getting robbed unfairly, and by right the defrauder should not only have to return what was stolen, but compensate you for your lost time as well. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Clarification request: Are you, the investigative reporter, in any way engaged with the alleged defrauder on a personal or professional basis that doesn't involve the alleged fraud?. From Wordnik.com. [Techdirt] Reference
He, the defrauder of my fair fame, who plundered me of the first fruits of genius by infamous falsehood, who joined in plotting my destruction by arts which the basest cowards blush at!. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hugh Trevor] Reference
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The daughter-in-law of convicted defrauder Bernard Madoff filed in New York to change her last name and that of her two children to "Morgan," records indicate. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference
We replied to this Chinesing Chinee that it was all very true, but that the damage had been inconsiderable, that if the defrauder had not been in the train he could not have saved it at the risk of his life, and at the same time he could not have saved the lives of the passengers. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Special Correspondent] Reference
“I’m a technical defrauder, I see, and your manner conveys the rest. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
40 For the angry man, gratifying his passion, perceives pleasure in it; and so the adulterer, and drunkard; the slanderer and liar; the covetous man and the defrauder; and whosoever commits anything like unto these, he followeth his evil disposition, because he receives. From Wordnik.com. [The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Volume 9, Hermas] Reference
"At the time of the pardon, Rich was the largest tax defrauder in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State] Reference
ATM, credit card defrauder arrested in East Java. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference
Wedding video may doom alleged defrauder. From Wordnik.com. [The Hook News Blog] Reference
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