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Circumvent vs Defraud - What's the difference?

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Circumvent is a related term of defraud.


As verbs the difference between circumvent and defraud

is that circumvent is to avoid or get around something; to bypass while defraud is to obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle.

circumvent

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to avoid or get around something; to bypass
  • to surround or besiege
  • to outwit or outsmart
  • defraud

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle.
  • *
  • *:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
  • See also

    * fraudster English transitive verbs