Definitions for: Fraudulent


[adj] intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"



Webster (1913) Definition: Fraud"u*lent, a. [L. fraudulentus, fr. fraus,
fraudis, frand: cf. F. fraudulent.]
1. Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.

2. Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund;
as, a fraudulent bargain.

He, with serpent tongue, . . . His fraudulent
temptation thus began. --Milton.

3. Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent
conquest. --Milton.

Syn: Deceitful; fraudful; guileful; crafty; wily; cunning;
subtle; deceiving; cheating; deceptive; insidious;
treacherous; dishonest; designing; unfair.

Synonyms: deceitful, dishonest, dishonorable, fallacious

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