Cheat countries out of contributions (9)
I believe the answer is:
donations
'contributions' is the definition.
('donation' can be a synonym of 'contribution')
'cheat countries' is the wordplay.
'cheat' becomes 'do'.
'countries' becomes 'nations' ('nation' can be a synonym of 'country'**).
'do'+'nations'='DONATIONS'
'out of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for donations that I've seen before include "Contributions" , "Gifts" .)