fraud
noun
deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
fraudful
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a word derived from
fraud.
Example Sentences
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On which side of a quarrel a condottiere fought mattered but little, so great was the confusion of Italian politics, and so complete was the egotism of these fraudful, violent, and treacherous party leaders.
From New Italian sketches by John Addington Symonds
In vain their fraudful efforts shall combine To shake my settled soul, my firm design; Resolved to lift bright virtue's palm on high, Support her grandeur, and her foes defy.
From The Earl of Essex by Henry Festing Jones
Lur'd was the regent with the Moorish gold, And now agreed their fraudful course to hold, Swift to the king the regent's steps they tread; The king they found o'erwhelm'd in sacred dread.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões
His sense lay covered with the dozy fume; While thus my fraudful speech I reassume.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
But it is still observable that with all his changes of position, he never assumes the upright or a fraudful affectation of dignity.
From Sketches New and Old, Part 2. by Mark Twain
