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fraud·u·lent

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–adjective

1.	characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.

2.	given to or using fraud, as a person; cheating; dishonest.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L fraudulentus. See fraud, -ulent

]

—Related forms

fraud·u·lence, fraud·u·len·cy, noun

fraud·u·lent·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1, 2. deceitful, deceptive, crooked, underhanded.

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fraud·u·lent Audio Help (frô'jə-lənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Engaging in fraud; deceitful.
Characterized by, constituting, or gained by fraud: fraudulent business practices.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus, fraud-, deceit.]

fraud'u·lence n., fraud'u·lent·ly adv.

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fraudulent
adjective
intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" [syn: deceitful]

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ˈfraudulent [-djulənt, (American) -dʒulənt] adjective

dishonest or intending to deceive
Example: fraudulent behaviour

Arabic:	إحْتيالي، غَشّاش
Chinese (Simplified):	欺骗性的
Chinese (Traditional):	欺騙性的
Czech:	falešný
Danish:	svindlerisk; bedragerisk
Dutch:	frauduleus
Estonian:	petturlik
Finnish:	petollinen
French:	frauduleux
German:	betrügerisch
Greek:	δόλιος
Hungarian:	tisztességtelen
Icelandic:	prettvís; sviksamlegur
Indonesian:	mengecoh
Italian:	fraudolento

Japanese:	詐欺の
Korean:	속이려는, 부정한
Latvian:	krāpniecisks; viltus
Lithuanian:	apgavikiškas
Norwegian:	falsk, bedragersk, svikefull
Polish:	oszukańczy
Portuguese (Brazil):	fraudulento
Portuguese (Portugal):	fraudulento
Romanian:	necinstit
Russian:	фальшивый
Slovak:	falošný
Slovenian:	goljufiv
Spanish:	fraudulento
Swedish:	bedräglig
Turkish:	sahte

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Fraudulent

Fraud"u*lent\, a. [L. fraudulentus, fr. fraus, fraudis, frand: cf. F. fraudulent.]

1. Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.

2. Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund; as, a fraudulent bargain.

He, with serpent tongue, . . . His fraudulent temptation thus began. --Milton.

3. Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest. --Milton.

Syn: Deceitful; fraudful; guileful; crafty; wily; cunning; subtle; deceiving; cheating; deceptive; insidious; treacherous; dishonest; designing; unfair.

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