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fraudulent |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fraudulent \Fraud"u*lent\, a. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fraudulent adj : intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" [syn: {deceitful}, {fallacious}]
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