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Example sentences for "defraud"

Lexicographically close words:
deforming; deformities; deformity; deforms; defouled; defrauded; defraudeth; defrauding; defrauds; defray
  1. They have suspected, probably, that the lessor and lessee, in order to defraud the public revenue, might combine to conceal the real terms of the lease.

  2. So, you see, I may be stingy of my little paradise, and not defraud you either!

  3. If he do not defraud his parish, have they any right to hold a coroner's inquest over his "outside" earnings and their possible appropriation?

  4. If a policy contains no suicide clause whatever, suicide will not avoid the policy unless it is proven that the purpose of the suicide was to defraud the insurance company.

  5. A landlord is not permitted to defraud a tenant.

  6. The landlord is not permitted to defraud the tenant.

  7. Stegler, a German, Gustave Cook and Richard Madden on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the Government in obtaining a passport.

  8. I shall not, Mr. Case, defraud you of one shilling of your property.

  9. He had a few shillings in his pocket, and thought that it would be very clever to defraud this poor woman of her right, and to spend his shillings upon what he valued much more than he did his good name--macaroni.

  10. Again he says: "That shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him.

  11. Hail, mighty infant, who in years to come Shalt heal the nations, and defraud the tomb!

  12. Hence the resort to false invoices, one for the purchaser and another for the custom-house, and to other expedients to defraud the Government.

  13. I propose: --New powers for the Federal Trade Commission to stop those who defraud and who swindle our public.

  14. The other counts stated the said Edmund Loose's intention to be, to prejudice and defraud various individuals, and that the prisoners did feloniously and maliciously incite the said Edmund Loose to commit the said felonies.

  15. Another sin is, cheating, deceiving, overreaching words; when men use their tongues to defraud their neighbours, in bargaining for their own gain.

  16. The charge of attempting to defraud the Government is a charge on which the Government can get anybody at any time for anything.

  17. Sir 14:14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.

  18. Sir 7:21 Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty.

  19. Sir 4:1 My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.

  20. Stratagems and conspiracies to defraud life-insurance companies go much further than mere substitution.

  21. The board may refuse a certificate to any individual guilty of grossly unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public, and may, after due notice and hearing, revoke such certificates for like cause.

  22. A law or decree of the kind mentioned would involve a movement of almost the entire population of Judea, and for no reason, unless it was to give the people a chance to defraud the tax-gatherer by concealing their effects.

  23. Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

  24. 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.

  25. Persons selling such with a counterfeit stamp with an intent to defraud shall suffer death without benefit of clergy.

  26. A native or denizen merchant in wholesale or retail goods who leaves the nation to defraud his creditors shall be declared a bankrupt.

  27. A bankrupt or other person concealing goods to the value of at least 20 pounds or his books with intent to defraud is a felony without benefit of clergy.

  28. The punishment for forgery or counterfeiting or assisting in such or claiming a counterfeit item is good while knowing that it is not, with an intent to defraud is death without benefit of clergy.

  29. All deeds of gift of goods and chattels made of trust, to the use of the giver [grantor and beneficiary of trust], to defraud creditors are void.

  30. In this sense, he who actually gives an alms is more deserving than he who really desires to give but is unable; and he who really defrauds is more reprehensible than he who wishes to defraud but cannot.

  31. Examples: Persons who invite others to defraud and show how it can be accomplished, theatres where irreligious plays are staged, books that aim to depreciate virtue, etc.

  32. Example: Balbus is often tempted to defraud Caius, and does not resist the temptation successfully, unless he puts himself into a charitable disposition towards Caius.

  33. Examples: It is worse to steal away the peace of a household than to carry off its material treasures; it is worse to rob a man of his good name than to defraud him of his wages.

  34. Those who brought in these foreign troops have still something further to say in their defence, and of no honest plea is it our intention to defraud them.

  35. Our factors and traders, having no other purpose in view than immediate profit, use all the arts of an European counting-house, to defraud the simple hunter of his furs.

  36. Defraud you not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

  37. It is so odious an oppression and injustice to defraud a servant or labourer of his wages, (yea, or to give him less than he deserveth,) that methinks I should not need to speak much against it among christians.

  38. Mother, he means to defraud us of our share in this property, supposing that we will hear nothing about it.

  39. Did my father defraud yours of some money?

  40. But he who acts honestly and refrains from fraud because it is against God and against the neighbor would have no wish to defraud another if he could; his thought and will are conscience, and he has heaven in himself.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "defraud" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abstract; annex; appropriate; bag; beat; beguile; boodle; boost; borrow; burn; cheat; chisel; con; cop; cozen; crib; crook; deceive; defraud; diddle; doodle; dupe; embezzle; euchre; extort; filch; fleece; foist; fool; fudge; gouge; gull; have; hoax; hoodwink; hook; lift; mulct; nip; overreach; palm; pigeon; pilfer; pinch; poach; prey; purloin; ramp; ride; rob; rook; rustle; screw; shave; snare; snatch; snitch; steal; stick; sting; sucker; swindle; swipe; take; thieve; trick