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fraudulent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹɑd͡ʒ.lənt/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɒd͡ʒ.ə.lənt/ (Canada, cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈfɹɔd͡ʒ.lənt/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈfɹɔːdjʊ.lənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfɾɔ.d͡ʒjə.lənt/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈfɹoːd͡ʒɵ.lənt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈfɹɑ.d͡ʒə.lənt/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɾɔːd͡ʒə.lənt/ (Wales)
  • /ˈfɹoːd͡ʒə.lənt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈfɹɒd͡ʒ.lənt/ (Canada, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹoː.d͡ʒə.lənt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈfɹoːd͡ʒ.lənt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.lənt/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈfɹɔːdjə.lənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. 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 that meane as by a ſtratageme ſpoyleth the ſimple which are not able to withſtand ſuch cunning. 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, London: William Stansbye, published 1622, book III, page 98:
    • The only reaſon, why men are not always ſufficiently ſenſible of This ; ſo that Many, who are very Juſt in their Dealings between Man and Man, will yet be very fraudulent or rapacious with regard to the Publick ; is becauſe, in this latter caſe, ’tis not ſo obviouſly and immediately apparent uppon Whom the Injury falls, as it is in the caſe of Private Wrongs. a. 1729, Samuel Clarke, “The Reward of Justice”, in The Works of Samuel Clarke, volume II, London: J. and P. Knapton, published 1738, page 191:
    • One writer gravely assures us that Maurice of Saxony learned all his fraudulent policy from that execrable volume [The Prince]. 1827, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Machiavelli”, in Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, new edition, volume I, London: Printed for Longman et al., published 1850, page 28:
  2. False, phony.
    • He tried to pass a fraudulent check.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more fraudulent Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most fraudulent Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

fraudulentness · unfraudulent · nonfraudulent · fraudulently · antifraudulent

Translations (57)

ota یالان (false; phony) · ja 詐欺の (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · pl fałszywy (false; phony) · fa فریبآمیز (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · ru обма́нный (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · fr frauduleux (false; phony) · fa شیادانه (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · fi valheellinen (false; phony) · de betrugsanfällig (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · ru фальши́вый (false; phony) · la fraudulentus (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · ru подде́льный (false; phony) · ro fals (false; phony) · ru моше́ннический (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · bg мошенически (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · gl fraudulento (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · pt fraudulento (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · hu csalárd (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · ota یالانجی (false; phony) · eo fraŭda (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · hi ढोंगी (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · fi valheellinen (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · sa कौट (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · ota ساخته (false; phony) · cmn 欺詐的 /欺诈的 (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · fi väärä (false; phony) · fi epäaito (false; phony) · grc κίβδηλος (false; phony) · ca fraudulent (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · bg фалшив (false; phony) · sv falsk (false; phony) · ota باتاق (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · sv falsk (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · cs podvodný (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · io frauda (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · hi ढोंगी (false; phony) · fi epärehellinen (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · de schwindlerisch (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · sv förfalskad (false; phony) · cmn 詐欺的 /诈欺的 (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · de betrügerisch (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · ca fraudulent (false; phony) · es fraudulento (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · it fraudolento (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · fr frauduleux (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · ar محتال (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · fi väärennetty (false; phony) · ro fraudulos (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · gl fraudulento (false; phony) · bg измамнически (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · fi vale- (false; phony) · hu hamis (false; phony) · ga séitéartha (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · pl oszukańczy (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · nl frauduleus (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · fi vilpillinen (dishonest; based on fraud or deception) · pt fraudulento (false; phony)