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"defrauded"... What a nice word. Why don't we just say "robbed" instead?!
by tomp 11y ago
"defrauded"... What a nice word. Why don't we just say "robbed" instead?!
- balls187 11y agoPeople "rob." Politically well connected Corporations "defraud."
- icebraining 11y agoA simple News search shows otherwise. Defraud is a specific term, different from robbing.
- balls187 11y agoTrue. People defrauding is well known. The comment you replied to, however, was made in jest in an attempt to call out how regular everyday people are treated more harshly than corporations. Similar to how if you default on your mortgage, you're an untrustworthy person. But if your business defaults on a business loan, that's "just business."
- mikestew 11y agoIf you look up the definition of "defrauded", you'll likely answer your own question: it's a superset of "robbed".
- tomp 11y agoThe problem is that it sounds less threatening, more sophisticated. It's meant to obscure the crimes that were happening.
- mikestew 11y agoIt's meant to obscure the crimes that were happening. I no more know what the author's intent was than you do, but I'm going to go with a more charitable interpretation: it's meant to clarify the means by which the robbery took place. In other words, the exact opposite of "obscure". But if you have a narrative, by all means stick to it.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoLet me reverse what you said: "Rob" sounds more threatening. And, in fact, it is more threatening - I lose my money either way, but "rob" means I'm more likely to also be injured or killed.