FRAUDULENTLY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

fraudulent

adjective

ˈfrȯ-jə-lənt

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 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 The discovery of the fraudulent components in 2023 led to planes being temporarily grounded and prompted calls for tighter industry oversight. —

Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026 But as his fraudulent crypto empire crumbled in November 2022, the crypto founder plotted a rightward shift. —

Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 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 See All Example Sentences for fraudulent

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This is incredibly misleading, dishonest and self-serving.

— U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
In The Corner That Held Them, rarely does desire raise its head as the nuns busy themselves with dishonest bishops, honest con men, collapsing spires, inconclusive visions, ecclesiastical intrigues, catty infighting, attempts at levitation, and the plague.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026