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
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According to an indictment unsealed in Manhattan , founder and CEO Daniel Chu and COO David Goodgame allegedly carried out fraudulent schemes from at least 2018 through September 2025.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
The Chinese unicorns – DeepSeek, Minimax and Moonshot AI – created over 24,000 fraudulent accounts and trained their models using over 16 million exchanges with Claude, a process known as distillation, Anthropic alleged in a Monday blogpost.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
Anthropic has accused three major Chinese AI firms of using fraudulent accounts to extract data from its Claude models in an effort to boost rival systems.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Andrew Freeburg, 45, is charged in Carver County of one felony count of failing to file an individual income tax return, one count of willfully failing to pay income tax, four counts of failing fraudulent income tax returns and five counts of wrongfully obtaining assistance.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
The Chinese unicorns – DeepSeek, Minimax and Moonshot AI – created over 24,000 fraudulent accounts and trained their models using over 16 million exchanges with Claude, a process known as distillation, Anthropic alleged in a Monday blogpost.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
Anthropic has accused three major Chinese AI firms of using fraudulent accounts to extract data from its Claude models in an effort to boost rival systems.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Andrew Freeburg, 45, is charged in Carver County of one felony count of failing to file an individual income tax return, one count of willfully failing to pay income tax, four counts of failing fraudulent income tax returns and five counts of wrongfully obtaining assistance.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Fraudulent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraudulent. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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fraudulent
adjective
fraud·u·lent
ˈfrȯ-jə-lənt 
: based on or done by fraud
fraudulently
adverb
fraudulentness
noun
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