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as in dishonest
marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
hoping to get millions from the insurance company, the man made the fraudulent claim that he had been seriously injured in the accident
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as in deceptive
given to or marked by cheating and deception
fraudulent citizens who cheat on their taxes
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Recent Examples of fraudulent
Complex cases can stretch even longer, especially when collection agencies become involved or when fraudulent tax returns trigger IRS identity verification.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Then-Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost asked law enforcement agencies in May 2021 to open a criminal investigation into how Henderson’s department handled fraudulent claims during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Observer reported previously.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
The global cybersecurity company CrowdStrike identified a 220% rise in 2025 in instances of North Koreans gaining fraudulent employment at Western companies to work remotely as developers.
—Lisa Cavazuti, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Investigators said the pair submitted allegedly fraudulent unemployment insurance applications in 2020 and 2021.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Then-Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost asked law enforcement agencies in May 2021 to open a criminal investigation into how Henderson’s department handled fraudulent claims during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Observer reported previously.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
The global cybersecurity company CrowdStrike identified a 220% rise in 2025 in instances of North Koreans gaining fraudulent employment at Western companies to work remotely as developers.
—Lisa Cavazuti, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Investigators said the pair submitted allegedly fraudulent unemployment insurance applications in 2020 and 2021.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraudulent
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Asked about those allegations, Grossi said his role is to provide technical expertise, not to weigh in on whether Iran was honest or dishonest.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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This is dishonest and partisan.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
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On March 24, the jury found that Meta had violated the state’s consumer protection law by knowingly engaging in an unfair or deceptive trade practice.—
Diana Novak Jones,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Admittedly, Palace’s results had been rather deceptive.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The problem is that such inferences are often wildly speculative and will almost certainly lead to false convictions or arrests.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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The defendants and company executives allegedly prepared false documents and communications to show that the company was the end user of the servers.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Past grand juries have issued reports raising awareness of shady land deals, questionable legislative appropriations and officials slow-walking public records requests.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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The bill would force bettors to cough up any profits from shady transactions along with a 10% fine, according to Politico, which first reported the new legislation.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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For the most part, this lineup, chock full of All-Stars and Hall of Famers, has struggled to put up crooked numbers.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Fraudulent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraudulent. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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