Defraud vs Beguile - What's the difference?
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To obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle.
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*: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.
To deceive or delude (using guile).
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To charm, delight or captivate.
* 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
As verbs the difference between defraud and beguile
is that defraud is to obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle while beguile is to deceive or delude (using guile).defraud
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(en verb)See also
* fraudster English transitive verbsbeguile
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(beguil)- I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you, in a plain accent, was a plain knave.
- I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
