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/frˈɔdʒələnt/ Listen

adjective

Fraudulent adj.

Using fraud; tricky; deceitful; dishonest.

Characterized by, founded on, or proceeding from, fraud; as, a fraudulent bargain. "He, with serpent tongue,... His fraudulent temptation thus began."

Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest.

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

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Etymology of 'Fraudulent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fraudulent" Quotes from Famous Books

... me, disarranged my tranquil, orderly, and blameless mode of living, causing me social annoyance and personal irritation by coming here and engaging in business, and living openly with a common and notorious woman who practises a fraudulent and vulgar business. ...

— Athalie • Robert W. Chambers

... the ghostly appearance loses its individuality if not its authenticity. Mr. Podmore discusses such cases.[20] In Mr. Podmore's book when Poltergeists, Cock-lore ghost affairs, are discussed, it appears that genuine hallucinations may be associated with fraudulent physical phenomena. ...

— Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men • John Harris

... forgery," he said harshly. "Your claim is, of course, denied and declared fraudulent." He stepped around the rail, ...

— The Best Made Plans • Everett B. Cole

... romance, were not to be charged on the local government. It is in the nature of commerce to collect wealth: the traders were nearly all expirees; they became rich, not because they were transported, but because some were industrious, others saving, and others fraudulent; and because they were in the midst of a system of expenditure, which made the Treasury of England ...

— The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) • John West

... fever, all inflammations, all catarrhal contagious diseases, all the results of impure or poisoned blood. In nervous diseases—acts as a vitalizer, accomplishing what no drugs can do." It would seem that an intellect of any pretensions would recognize the fraudulent nature of this claim, yet thousands of bottles of this stuff are annually sold to a gullible public. These wide and unjustifiable claims are real danger signals, and any medicine making them should be ...

— The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) • Various

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