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To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]

act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. Bp. Hall.

Deceit; fraud; imposition. [Obs. & R.]

To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.]

Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing. Bacon.

Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods. -- Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv.

To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres. Carlyle.

One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.

Imposition; fraud. [Colloq.]

ven by testament. How many testamentary charities have been defeated by the negligence or fraud of executors! Atterbury.

To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.

The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.

Deceit; fraud. [Obs.] Grenewey.

To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South.

Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. Addison.

Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple.

Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election. Macaulay.

trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes. The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin. Swift.

rcy. He is a chosen vessel unto me. Acts ix. 15. [The serpent] fit vessel, fittest imp of fraud, in whom To enter. Milton.

transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.