fraudulent
adjective
characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains.
fraudulence
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a word derived from
fraudulent.
Example Sentences
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A thread of fraudulence enters Mr. Gutjahr’s story with the self-help fatuities of Helena Blavatsky and L. Ron Hubbard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The idea that AI adoption could unwittingly recast any single piece of punctuation as a literal mark of fraudulence seems like an unbearable irony.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025
WeWork was different, perhaps because Neumann’s fraudulence wasn’t the criminal kind, just the kind that wholesomely convinced some very rich people to let him light their money on fire.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2023
For that reason, the lasting impression of this one-sided championship game should not include any accusations of TCU fraudulence.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023
In the Bishop's humiliations for his concessions to truth, were illustrated what Paine had said of his system's falsity and fraudulence.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway
