{
    "term": "defraud",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "defraud",
            "heSheIt": "defrauds"
        },
        "pastSimple": "defrauded",
        "pastParticiple": "defrauded",
        "ingForm": "defrauding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get money illegally from a person or an organization by tricking them",
            "sensetop": "defraud somebody (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All three men were charged with conspiracy to defraud."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were accused of defrauding the company of $14 000.",
                    "contextForm": "defraud somebody (of something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was involved in a conspiracy to defraud the government."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːd/",
                "audio": "de/defraud/defraud__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdz/",
                "audio": "de/defraud/defrauds__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/",
                "audio": "de/defraud/defrauded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/defraud/defrauding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːd/",
                "audio": "de/defraud/defraud__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdz/",
                "audio": "de/defraud/defrauds__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdɪd/",
                "audio": "de/defraud/defrauded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfrɔːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/defraud/defrauding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French defrauder or Latin defraudare, from de- ‘from’ + fraudare ‘to cheat’ (from fraus, fraud- ‘fraud’)."
}