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fraudulent

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Etymology edit

From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”).

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔː.dʒʊ.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.dʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.djə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔːdʒ.lənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɑd͡ʒ.lənt/
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Adjective edit

fraudulent (comparative more fraudulent, superlative most fraudulent)

  1. Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
    • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, London: William Stansbye, published 1622, book III, page 98:
      Secondly, Philoſophy which we are warned not to take heed of : not that Philoſophy, which is true & ſound knowledge attained by naturall diſcourſe of reaſon ; but that Philoſophy which to bolſter hereſie or error, caſteth a fraudulent ſhew of reaſon vpon things which are indeed vnreaſonable, & by that meane as by a ſtratageme ſpoyleth the ſimple which are not able to withſtand ſuch cunning.
    • a. 1729, Samuel Clarke, “The Reward of Justice”, in The Works of Samuel Clarke, volume II, London: J. and P. Knapton, published 1738, page 191:
      The only reaſon, why men are not always ſufficiently ſenſible of This ; ſo that Many, who are very Juſt in their Dealings between Man and Man, will yet be very fraudulent or rapacious with regard to the Publick ; is becauſe, in this latter caſe, ’tis not ſo obviouſly and immediately apparent uppon Whom the Injury falls, as it is in the caſe of Private Wrongs.
    • 1827, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Machiavelli”, in Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, new edition, volume I, London: Printed for Longman et al., published 1850, page 28:
      One writer gravely assures us that Maurice of Saxony learned all his fraudulent policy from that execrable volume [The Prince].
  2. False, phony.
    He tried to pass a fraudulent check.

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with nouns
  • fraudulent claim
  • fraudulent practice
  • fraudulent transfer
  • fraudulent scheme
  • fraudulent transaction
  • fraudulent document
  • fraudulent intent
  • fraudulent misrepresentation
  • fraudulent act
  • fraudulent action
  • fraudulent mortgage
  • fraudulent check
  • fraudulent conveyance
  • fraudulent accounting
  • fraudulent bankruptcy
  • fraudulent reporting

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin fraudulentus.

Adjective edit

fraudulent (feminine fraudulenta, masculine plural fraudulents, feminine plural fraudulentes)

  1. fraudulent

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Etymology edit

From Middle French fraudulent, itself borrowed from Latin fraudulentus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrau̯diu̯lɛnt/, /ˈfrau̯dilɛnt/

Adjective edit

fraudulent

  1. Dishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud.
  2. Necrotic, rotting; infected with or afflicted with gangrene.

Descendants edit

  • English: fraudulent

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