DEFORSER
De*fors"er, n. Etym: [From Deforce.] Etym: [Written also deforsor.]
Defn: A deforciant. [Obs.] Blount.
DEFOUL
De*foul", v. t. Etym: [See Defile, v. t.]
1. To tread down. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. To make foul; to defile. [Obs.] Wyclif.
DEFRAUD
De*fraud", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defrauded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Defrauding.] Etym: [L. defraudare; de- + fraudare to cheat, fr.
fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See Fraud.]
Defn: To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; — with of before the thing taken or withheld. We have defrauded no man. 2 Cor. vii. 2. Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. Hooker.
DEFRAUDATION
De`frau*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. defraudatio: cf. F. défraudation.]
Defn: The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
DEFRAUDER
De*fraud"er, n.