fraudulentadj.
/ˈfrɔːdjᵿlənt/, /ˈfrɔːdjᵿln̩t/, /ˈfrɔːdʒᵿlənt/, /ˈfrɔːdʒᵿln̩t/, /ˈfrɔːdʒl̩(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈfrɔdʒələnt/, /ˈfrɑdʒələnt/ 1. † b. Of an animal: Crafty, deceitful. Obsolete.
a. Guilty of or addicted to fraud; that wrongs another person by false representations; cheating, deceitful, dishonest.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective]
fraudulentc1430
fraudelous1483
impostorous?1549
empirical1588
quacksalving1607
imposterous1611
imposturous1611
impostrous1612
impostorious1623
mountebankish1660
jackleg1833
jack-legged1839
sharkish1844
spivvy1945
spivvish1948
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 197 Dispoosid of kynde for to be fraudulent.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iv. 113 He that had be a theef fraudelent, was made afterward a trewe procurour.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxvi Agayne is the seruaunt fals and fraudelent.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 118 Is God so likely to concurre with the fraudulent, the deceitfull man, as with the laborious, and religious?
1796 Bp. R. Watson Apol. for Bible 304 Productions..which were imposed on the world by fraudulent men as the writings of the holy apostles.
1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. viii Fraudulent or careless issuers of convertible paper.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxi. 163 Parliament has made fraudulent trustees answerable criminally for their acts.
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the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > crafty
fraudulent1608
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 117 A Chamæleon is a fraudulent, rauening and gluttonous beast.
2. Characterized by, or of the nature of, fraud; serving the purpose of, or accomplished by means of, fraud. fraudulent preference n. priority of payment made by a bankrupt with the object of preventing the equal distribution of his assets among all his creditors.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [adjective]
fakenOE
fraudulent1412
fraudfulc1475
impostorous?1549
imposterous1562
cavillinga1576
impostural1588
cogged1589
defraudfulc1592
imposturious?a1600
imposturizing1603
imposturous1608
impostured1619
circumventive1630
impostrate1632
imposterious1633
impostrous1635
charlatanical1663
quackish1670
charlatan1671
stellionated1672
shammisha1734
shim-sham1797
humbug1811
charlatanic1843
Peter Funk1845
charlatanish1846
jazzy1934
run-out1938
jivey1972
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. iii He nought aduertith the menyng fraudulent.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 2923 Abner of Joab was slayne be fraudulent dissymuiling.
1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxv Theyre entent ys fraudulent & false.
1571 Act 13 Eliz. c. 5 Such guylefull covenous or fraudulent Devyses and Practyses.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iv. 15 Fraudulent deductions, or inconsequent illations. View more context for this quotation
1771 J. Horne in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. li. 197 I cannot..commend him for making patriotism a trade, and a fraudulent trade.
1833 P. Bingham Rep. Court Common Pleas 9 355 The question here is, whether the security..was given by way of fraudulent preference.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 288 The detection of a fraudulent balance.
1891 Law Times 90 460/2 Induced by a fraudulent prospectus to make contracts whereby he was damnified.
1893 Sir J. W. Chitty in Law Times Rep. 68 429/1 The case set up is one..of fraudulent misrepresentation.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > ulcer > qualities of
virulentc1400
wrootingc1400
fraudulent?1541
serpent?1541
walkripe1585
lachrymous1617
phagedaenical1635
phagedaenic1656
phagedaenous1659
cacoethic1684
feeding1750
indolent1826
resolutive1837
nomadic1842
?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Tj The woundes are somtyme composed with vnnatural mater..somtyme vyrulent & fraudelent venymous fylthynes [L. cum vlceribus sordidis putrefactis & fraudulentis].
1588 J. Read tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula in tr. F. Arcaeus Compend. Method 101 This auaileth..to all cancrouse and fradulent [sic] vlcers of the legges.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 30 These are ψευδοπνεύματα, Bastard, or as Auicen termeth them Fraudulent spirits.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > one who is insolvent
bankrupt?1563
bare-man1581
Ludgatian1600
non-solvent1647
insolvent1725
fraudulent1796
brosier1826
society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [noun] > bankruptcy > one who is bankrupt > types of
cessionary1611
fraudulent1796
1796 Mod. Gulliver's Trav. 151 A scene where fraudulents may learn to thrive.
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