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fraudulence

noun

Definition of fraudulencenext
as in chicanery

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Recent Examples of fraudulence One of the most emotional pieces of the show occurs while Sweetpea calls Harper, confirming Tender’s fraudulence, all crescendoing synths glittering over plaintive piano chords. — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 2 Mar. 2026 That sense of fraudulence seeped into other areas of her life, beyond pageantry. — Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 If fraudulence signals are shared across departments, a candidate who bypassed one check could be caught by another. — Casey Marquette, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Despite Tartuffe's obvious fraudulence, Orgon remains blind to his faults. — Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fraudulence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraudulence
  1. chicanery
  2. subterfuge
  3. swindling
  4. trickery
  5. skulduggery
  6. prevarication
  7. duplicity
  8. lying
Noun
  • Some felt that Ballmer was too smart to be involved in this sort of chicanery.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This chicanery is the reason that many secure email services simply don't display images by default.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of chicanery
Noun
  • This subterfuge makes sense, since what these people reveal implicates their superiors.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The cover art sets it up perfectly, a dreamlike subterfuge that transforms the Villarreals into mythological Greek heroines.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of subterfuge
Noun
  • Her lawyers, Giuseppe Iannaccone and Marcello Bana, have denied there was a case of grand larceny, which would include fraud and swindling.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Jan. 2026
Definition of swindling
Noun
  • Course designer Leopoldo Palacios’s influential track featured a rollback to the water tray — a bit of trickery that Palacios had famously used at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and had shelved since.
    — Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Extremism, in both parties, is a tool of propagandists trying to win elections through trickery.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of trickery
Noun
  • There are no federal protections against this skullduggery, and only 10 states have enacted dedicated statutes to combat the problem, according to Equity Protect.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Few would begrudge Paraguay this recognition, but the skullduggery did produce eye-rolls and requires stronger officiating.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of skulduggery
Noun
  • This week, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Pam Bondi gave a master class in obfuscation, prevarication, and pettiness.
    — John Ficarra, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There was no picture, there was no drawing, there has been so many lies, so much prevarication, so much cover up.
    — John Parkinson, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Definition of prevarication
Noun
  • David Sacks, former tech investor and White House AI and crypto czar, has an excellent counterpoint that could explain the apparent duplicity of Dario's manifesto.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026
  • There’s a method to that madness, and all the duplicity, false assumptions pay off just like in an Agatha Christie classic.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of duplicity
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Melanie’s sister, Steph, begged Melanie to leave Sincere because of his compulsive lying and shady behavior.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Trending Stories Inevitably, the lying started to catch up with her.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of lying

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