fraudulent

adjective

fraud·u·lent ˈfrȯ-jə-lənt

Synonyms of fraudulent next

: characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful

fraudulent use of a credit card

fraudulent claims for unemployment compensation—

Wall Street Journal

fraudulently adverb

fraudulentness noun

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 on the Web Other scams involved using fraudulent rental applications to get information such as driver’s license number, Social Security number and bank account numbers to steal identities. —

Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023 After a New York judge ruled on Tuesday that Donald Trump and his company had for years used fraudulent methods to value his properties, Trump zeroed in on the ruling's section about his home: Mar-a-Lago. —

Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2023 Donald Trump has denied his business practices were fraudulent and, after being found liable, tried to blame James and Engoron for being politically biased. —

Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023 Fort Lauderdale police said it was later discovered the payment request was fraudulent. —

Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023 James submitted fraudulent invoices from nearly a dozen sham companies that purported to provide the school district with books, professional development, and other goods or services. —

Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023 But more than three years later, applications for the credit continue to pour in, and the IRS has raised concerns that many of them are unwarranted or even fraudulent. —

Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023 Palmer was the interim chief financial officer for Montgomery Public Schools when the fraudulent billing scheme was perpetrated between November 2017 and April 2019. —

Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023 These are fraudulent pages that masquerade as bank sites, email accounts, shopping pages, and other sensitive sites. —

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