Fraudulently
['frɔdjuləntli]
Definition
(adv.) in a dishonest and fraudulent manner; 'this money was fraudulently obtained'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a fraudulent manner.
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Examples
- Simply, the discovery of Oliver's parentage, and regaining for him the inheritance of which, if this story be true, he has been fraudulently deprived. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The defalcation of the revenue of customs occasioned by bounties and drawbacks, of which a great part are obtained fraudulently, is very great. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I have no trustee, but the one you saw on the day when you fraudulently married me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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