Defraud

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Ἀποστερέω (Strong'S #650 — Verb — apostereo — ap-os-ter-eh'-o )

signifies "to rob, despoil, defraud,"  Mark 10:19;  1—Corinthians 6:8;  7:5 (of that which is due to the condition of natural relationship of husband and wife); in the Middle Voice, "to allow oneself to be defrauded,"   1—Corinthians 6:7; in the Passive Voice, "bereft,"  1—Timothy 6:5 , RV, with reference to the truth, with the suggestion of being retributively "robbed" of the truth, through the corrupt condition of the mind. Some mss. have this verb in  James 5:4 for aphustereo, "to keep back by fraud." See Bereft , Destitute , Fraud. In the Sept.,   Exodus 21:10; in some mss.,  Deuteronomy 24:14 .

2: Πλεονεκτέω (Strong'S #4122 — Verb — pleonekteo — pleh-on-ek-teh'-o )

translated "defraud" in  1—Thessalonians 4:6 , AV (RV, "wrong"), the reference being to the latter part of the Tenth Commandment. See Advantage , C, No. 2.

King James Dictionary

Defraud, L To cheat.

1. To deprive of right, either by obtaining something by deception or artifice, or by taking something wrongfully without the knowledge or consent of the owner to cheat to cozen followed by of before the thing taken as, to defraud a man of his right.

We have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.  2 Corinthians 7 .

The agent who embezzles public property, defrauds the state.

The man who by deception obtains a price for a commodity above its value, defrauds the purchaser.

2. To withhold wrongfully from another what is due to him. Defraud not the hireling of his wages. 3. To prevent one wrongfully from obtaining what he may justly claim.

A man of fortune who permits his son to consume the season of education in hunting, shooting, or in frequenting horse-races, assemblies, &c., defrauds the community of a benefactor, and bequeaths them a nuissance.

4. To defeat or frustrate wrongfully.

By the duties deserted-by the claims defrauded.

Webster's Dictionary

(v. t.) To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; - with of before the thing taken or withheld.