Definition of fraudulent
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fraudulently
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Examples of fraudulent in a Sentence
Corrupt leaders were chosen in a fraudulent election.
fraudulent use of a credit card
the victim of a fraudulent scheme
Recent Examples of fraudulent from the Web
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The new indictment accused Manafort and Gates of doctoring documents to inflate the income of their businesses and then using those fraudulent documents to obtain loans.
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Morgan has called the February document fraudulent and has threatened to sue the Hollywood Reporter, which first reported on the matter and used it as the basis of an April article on Lee that exposed much of the familial fighting.
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Williams, who used fraudulent documents to raise the child as Alexis Manigo in South Carolina, may not profit from her crimes while incarcerated, according to Aho.
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The panel said Chappell regained his commercial license with fraudulent documents, despite losing it multiple times due to traffic violations, criminal activity and the seizures.
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The panel said Chappell regained his commercial license with fraudulent documents, despite losing it multiple times due to traffic violations, criminal activity and the seizures.
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The fraudulent financial documents Dunlap submitted disguised his company's actual financial condition from First NBC Bank, bank regulators, investors and others.
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From there, the agent allegedly produced fraudulent power-of-attorney documents that allowed the deed to be transferred.
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Xinyan Wang, 27, a student in Pennsylvania, had pleaded guilty to using an assumed name and fraudulent documents to take the Graduate Record Exam, or GRE, as someone else in Boston.
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First Known Use of fraudulent
15th century
fraudulent Synonyms
Synonyms
crooked, deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous, fast, guileful, rogue, shady, sharp, shifty, underhand, underhanded;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
conscientious, decent, ethical, honorable, just, scrupulous, upright;
Related Words
unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous;
deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, false;
artful, beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, foxy, slick, sly, subtle, wily;
defrauding, devious, furtive, slippery, sneaking, sneaky, trickish, tricky;
FRAUDULENT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of fraudulent for English Language Learners
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: done to trick someone for the purpose of getting something valuable
FRAUDULENT Defined for Kids
Definition of fraudulent for Students
: based on or done by deceit
- a fraudulent claim
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fraudulently
adverbLaw Dictionary
fraudulent
adjective
fraud·u·lent
legal Definition of fraudulent
: characterized by, based on, or done by fraud — compare deceptive, false, misleading
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fraudulently
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