defraud vs diddle

defraud and diddle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defraud	No	No	Yes	No
diddle	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, defraud and diddle are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of defraud include bunco, con, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize.

defraud (verb)	diddle (verb)
deprive of by deceit	manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
	deprive of by deceit