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FRAUDULENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fraudulent mean?
• FRAUDULENT (adjective)
The adjective FRAUDULENT has 1 sense:
1. intended to deceive
Familiarity information: FRAUDULENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intended to deceive
Synonyms:
deceitful; fallacious; fraudulent
Context example:
a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
Similar:
dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)
Derivation:
fraudulence (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
fraudulence (the quality of being fraudulent)
Context examples
A fraudulent imitation, Watson, though I should hardly dare to hint as much to our specialist.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I am ignorant of all concerning Mr. Rochester: the letter never mentions him but to narrate the fraudulent and illegal attempt I have adverted to.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The kicker to this story was that the man who printed these fraudulent checks called me a few days later, irate that the bank pulled back my money, causing the bogus checks to bounce.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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