Defraud
Defraud verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: senior citizens generally were too smart to fall for the fast-talking salesman's attempts to defraud them
Short and defraud are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead a verb "Defraud".
Nearby Word: defrauding
Short
Short verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years
Both words in one sentence
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He only got close to her to defraud her of her money and once he completed this, he sent her a letter informing her of the truth just short of the wedding and then beat town.
Source: Runaway Bride - In The Three Stooges short "From Nurse to Worse", when Curly feigns insanity in order to defraud an insurance company, his apparent madness takes this form.
Source: Delusions of Doghood
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