1. To deprive someone, or people, of a right, money, or property by fraud, or dishonest means: The dishonest CEO defrauded his company of millions of dollars.
2. Wrongfully taking something without the knowledge or consent of the owner; to cheat; such as, to defraud a man of his property rights after years of mortgage payments.

1. A reference to someone who has been deprived of property or rights by a trick, artifice, or deception.
2. A descriptive term for deceit, falsehoods, or trickery to obtain money, an object, rights, or anything of value belonging to another person or other people.