Defraud vs Gyp - 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.
(pejorative, sometimes, offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
(pejorative, sometimes, offensive) To cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.
A college servant.
The room in which such college servants work.
A small kitchen for use by college students.
As verbs the difference between defraud and gyp
is that defraud is to obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle while gyp is to cheat or swindle someone of something inappropriately.As a noun gyp is
a cheat or swindle; a rip-off.defraud
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Verb
(en verb)See also
* fraudster English transitive verbsgyp
English
Etymology 1
Probably from the termAlternative forms
* gip, jip (eye dialect spellings)Noun
(en noun)- Why do we have to buy this new edition of the textbook when there’s almost no difference between it and the previous one? What a gyp !
Usage notes
Because this term is often considered to derive from the problematic exonymic term Gypsy'' and represent a racist stereotype of the Romani, it may be offensive. See the usage note about ''gypsy .Verb
(gypp)- The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route.
- You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.
Usage notes
See the notes about the noun, above.See also
* jew down * welshReferences
*Gyp: Thieve, World Wide Words *
Etymology of "Gyp" / "gypped", Vocaboly.com