To practice fraud; to cheat or trick: to deprive a person of property or any lnterest, estate, or rlght by fraud, de-ceit, or artifice. People v. wiinan, 148 N. Y. 29, 42 N. E. 408; Alderman v. People, 4 Mlch. 424, 69 Am. Dec. 321; U. S. v. Cur-ley (C. C.) 122 Fed. 740; weber ?. Mick, 131