FRAUDULENT

deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent

(adjective) intended to deceive; “deceitful advertising”; “fallacious testimony”; “smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice” - S.T.Coleridge; “a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

fraudulent (comparative more fraudulent, superlative most fraudulent)

Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.

False, phony.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "fraudulent" is often applied: claim, practice, transfer, scheme, transaction, document, intent, misrepresentation, act, action, mortgage, check, conveyance, accounting, bankruptcy, reporting, etc.

Synonyms

• See also deceptive

• See also fake

Source: Wiktionary

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Fraud"u*lent, a. Etym: [L. fraudulentus, fr. fraus, fraudis, frand: cf. F. fraudulent.]

1. Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.

2. Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund; as, a fraudulent bargain. He, with serpent tongue, . . . His fraudulent temptation thus began. Milton.

3. Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest. Milton.

Syn.

– Deceitful; fraudful; guileful; crafty; wily; cunning; subtle; deceiving; cheating; deceptive; insidious; treacherous; dishonest; designing; unfair.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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