Etymology

defraudation

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Today it means: The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. Full definition →

Latin defraudatio
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  1. Latin · derived fromdefraudatio
  2. English todaydefraudation

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

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