Fraudulent
['frɔːdjʊl(ə)nt] or ['frɔdʒələnt]
Definition
(a.) Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.
(a.) Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund; as, a fraudulent bargain.
(a.) Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Dishonest, knavish, treacherous, deceitful, deceptive, false, trickish, TRICKY, crafty, wily, collusive, covinous.
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Examples
- Investigation of these cases, however, revealed invariably the purely fraudulent nature of all such offers, which were uniformly declined. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My own convictions led me to believe that the hidden contents of the parchment concealed a transaction of the meanest and the most fraudulent kind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am ignorant of all concerning Mr. Rochester: the letter never mentions him but to narrate the fraudulent and illegal attempt I have adverted to. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- That bounties upon exportation have been abused, to many fraudulent purposes, is very well known. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A fraudulent imitation, Watson, though I should hardly dare to hint as much to our specialist. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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