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fraudulently

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fraud·u·lent  (frôj-lnt)
adj.
1. Engaging in fraud; deceitful.
2. Characterized by, constituting, or gained by fraud: fraudulent business practices.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus, fraud-, deceit.]
fraudu·lence n.
fraudu·lent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.fraudulently - in a dishonest and fraudulent manner; "this money was fraudulently obtained"
Translations
fraudulently [ˈfrɔːdʒʊləntli] adv
(= by deceitful means) [obtain] → frauduleusement
(= falsely) [claim, act] → frauduleusement
fraudulently
adv act → betrügerisch; obtain → auf betrügerische Weise
fraudulently [ˈfrɔːdjʊləntlɪ] adv → con la frode
fraudulently [ˈfrɔːdjʊləntlɪ] adv → con la frode


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Though the poems of the Boeotian school (2) were unanimously assigned to Hesiod down to the age of Alexandrian criticism, they were clearly neither the work of one man nor even of one period: some, doubtless, were fraudulently fathered on him in order to gain currency; but it is probable that most came to be regarded as his partly because of their general character, and partly because the names of their real authors were lost.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
How much money had these men fraudulently obtained?
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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