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fraud·u·lent
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dʒə
lənt
/
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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 Middle English
<
Latin
fraudulentus.
See
fraud
,
-ulent
Related forms
fraud·u·lence,
fraud·u·len·cy,
noun
fraud·u·lent·ly,
adverb
non·fraud·u·lence,
noun
non·fraud·u·len·cy,
noun
non·fraud·u·lent,
adjective
non·fraud·u·lent·ly,
adverb
un·fraud·u·lent,
adjective
un·fraud·u·lent·ly,
adverb
Synonyms
1, 2.
deceitful, deceptive, crooked, underhanded.
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practice or methods of a fraudulent pretender
deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing.
Made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: made in exact imitation of some valuable thing
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World English Dictionary
fraudulent
(ˈfrɔːdjʊlənt)
—
adj
1.
acting with or having the intent to deceive
2.
relating to or proceeding from fraud or dishonest action
[C15: from Latin
fraudulentus
deceitful]
'fraudulence
—
n
'fraudulency
—
n
'fraudulently
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
fraudulent
early 15c., from O.Fr. fraudulent, from L. fraudulentus, from fraud- (see
fraud
). Related: Fraudulently.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The bank later called to report the checks were
fraudulent
and forged.
It was later retracted and may have been
fraudulent
.
Barely a month goes by without some newly uncovered
fraudulent
image making it
into the news.
The research was later discovered to be
fraudulent
, however, and the journal
has since retracted the article.
Second, that businesspeople who play it are all weasels who plot
fraudulent
deals between shots.
Their malicious and
fraudulent
misrepresentations of facts speak for themselves.
Most refute the texts and offer ample evidence of their
fraudulent
nature.
Many of them have engaged in questionable, if not outright
fraudulent
activities to support their greed habits.
Indeed, many firms engaged in misleading and even
fraudulent
accounting practices to inflate short-term profits.
Additionally, not all unaccredited universities are
fraudulent
.
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