fraudulent

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fraudulent

/ˈfɹɔːdjʊ.lənt/ UK
/ˈfɹɔːdjə.lənt/ UK
/ˈfɹoːd͡ʒə.lənt/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈfɹoːd͡ʒɵ.lənt/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.lənt/ US
/ˈfɹɔd͡ʒ.lənt/ US
/ˈfɹɑ.d͡ʒə.lənt/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈfɹɑd͡ʒ.lənt/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈfɹɒd͡ʒ.ə.lənt/ Canada, cot caught merger
/ˈfɹɒd͡ʒ.lənt/ Canada, cot caught merger
/ˈfɹoː.d͡ʒə.lənt/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈfɹoːd͡ʒ.lənt/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈfɾɔ.d͡ʒjə.lənt/ Scotland
/ˈfɾɔːd͡ʒə.lənt/ Wales

Where it comes from

From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”).

adjective more fraudulent · most fraudulent

Dishonest; based on fraud or deception. Secondly, Philoſophy which we are warned not to take heed of : not that Philoſophy, which is true & ſound knowledge attained by naturall diſcourſe of reaſon ; but that Philoſophy which to bolſter hereſie or error, caſteth a fraudulent ſhew of reaſon vpon things which are indeed vnreaſonable, & by th
False, phony. He tried to pass a fraudulent check.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: deceitful, fallacious, dishonest, dishonorable, cheated, covinous, scam, cheating, deceptive, sham, forged, deception, counterfeiting, counterfeit, falsified, phony

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adj dishonest; based on fraud or deception

Español	fraudulento
日本語	詐欺の sagi no
中文	欺詐的 /欺诈的 qīzhà de, 詐欺的 /诈欺的 zhàqī de
हिन्दी	ढोंगी ḍhoṅgī
Português	fraudulento
Français	frauduleux
Deutsch	betrügerisch, schwindlerisch, betrugsanfällig
Italiano	fraudolento
Română	fraudulos
Русский	обма́нный obmánnyj, моше́ннический mošénničeskij
العربية	محتال

adj false; phony

हिन्दी	ढोंगी ḍhoṅgī
Português	fraudulento
Français	frauduleux
Română	fals
Русский	фальши́вый falʹšívyj, подде́льный poddélʹnyj

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@misc{fraudulent_2026,
  title = {fraudulent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fraudulent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}