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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.

oaster. My sober evening let the tankard bless, With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught. T. Warton.

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.

y, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business. Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton.

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.