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fraudulent

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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.
fraudulent
Adjective
1. acting with intent to deceive
2. proceeding from fraud [Latin fraudulentus]
fraudulence n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fraudulent - intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
deceitful, fallacious
dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
fraudulent
adjective deceitful, false, crooked (informal) untrue, sham, treacherous, dishonest, deceptive, counterfeit, spurious, crafty, swindling, double-dealing, duplicitous, knavish, phoney or phony (informal) criminal << OPPOSITE genuine
Translations
fraudulent [ˈfrɔːdjulənt] adj → fraudulento
fraudulent [ˈfrɔːdjulənt] adj → frauduleux/euse
fraudulent [ˈfrɔːdjulənt] fraud adj → betrügerisch
fraudulent [ˈfrɔːdjulənt] adj → fraudolento/a


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This was, in fact, the case at present; for, notwithstanding all the confident assertions of the lad to the contrary, it is certain they were no more in the right road to Coventry, than the fraudulent, griping, cruel, canting miser is in the right road to heaven.
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Again, what irresistible temptations to fraudulent impostures must needs beset such a creature
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They would be made upon the same principles that usurers commonly lend to bankrupt and fraudulent debtors, with a sparing hand and at enormous premiums.
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