fraudulence

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fraudulence

/ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.l(ə)ns/ UK
/ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.ləns/ US

Where it comes from

From Old French fraudulence, from Latin fraudulentia (“deceitfulness, disposition to defraud; fraudulence”), from fraudulentus (“deceitful, fraudulent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Fraudulentus is derived from fraus (“deceit, fraud”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew- (“to mislead”)) + -ulentus (“abounding in, full of”).

noun fraudulences

countable, uncountable The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness. I ſuppoſe ſome of my friends, to whom I read the firſt part, gave notice of my deſign, and, perhaps, ſold the treacherous intelligence at a higher price than the fraudulence of trade will now allow me for my book.
Similar: duplicity, fraudulency, trickery, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, dissimulation, fraudulence, perfidy, underhandedness

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noun condition of being fraudulent

Español	fraudulencia
Português	fraudulência
Français	fraude
Deutsch	Betrügerei
Italiano	fraudolenza
Română	înșelătorie

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@misc{fraudulence_2026,
  title = {fraudulence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fraudulence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}