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单词 fraudulent
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Definition of fraudulent in English:

fraudulent

adjective ˈfrɔːdjʊl(ə)ntˈfrɔdʒələnt
  • 1Obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.

    fraudulent share dealing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A counterfeit or fraudulent cashier's check or corporate check is utilized to pay for merchandise.
    • It appears that crimes involving fraudulent documents are on the increase.
    • He was impeached while in office on account of being involved in a fraudulent loan scam.
    • The result of their efforts was to be arrested by the Fraud Squad for making fraudulent applications.
    • This system is appropriate for reporting suspected unethical or fraudulent activities relating to employees of our company or actions by our company.
    • Police believed the documents were stolen over a period of time, or might have been obtained by fraudulent means.
    • Twenty people have been charged with trying to obtain fraudulent licences to drive tanker trucks.
    • He is concerned that future elections could be decided by fraudulent voting manipulated by unscrupulous cartels and the like.
    • They wanted to wait and see whether the passport did prove to be fraudulent.
    • The clever technically-minded crooks who will get false data and fraudulent results.
    • He began to invent fraudulent investment schemes for rare book and manuscript transactions.
    • These agencies accept the risk that the original cheque may be fraudulent and to counter this risk they charge an upfront fee.
    • This fraudulent transaction set the stage for the unfortunate chain of events that was to follow.
    • Thieves pay a stolen or fraudulent cheque into their victim's bank account.
    • Early indications are that the data has not, at least yet, been misused to obtain fraudulent loans and credit card accounts.
    • The affair triggered investigations which uncovered fraudulent accounting at several other major companies.
    • Investigators say at least two and possibly as many as eight of the hijackers had fraudulent visas.
    • The scam is only then spotted when the company whose cheque-book has been copied notices a fraudulent withdrawal.
    • However, it is always possible that some people present false, fraudulent X-rays.
    • A few months later our school principal lost his life savings in a fraudulent get-rich-quick scheme.
    Synonyms
    deceitful, duplicitous, counterfeit, sham, bogus, cheating, underhand, cunning, crafty, sly, guileful, scheming, perfidious, treacherous, machiavellian, dissembling, disingenuous, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled, dishonest, untruthful, lying, mendacious, insincere, false
    1. 1.1 Unjustifiably claiming or being credited with particular accomplishments or qualities.
      fraudulent psychics
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's time to put a stop to these unfair and fraudulent practices which are crippling British farmers.
      • It was the most rotten of rotten boroughs, a place where the corrupt, the fraudulent and the freeloaders prospered.
      • The integrity of his claims has been systematically taken apart and exposed as fraudulent.
      • Letters were then sent to the dealers that were selling the fraudulent whisky, informing them that it was illegal.
      • The best way to avoid unscrupulous or fraudulent brokers is to do your homework beforehand.
      • You have launched an attempt to crackdown on fraudulent claims, how much has this saved the industry?
      • Misleading or just plain fraudulent health claims abound in cyberspace.
      • I can think of no more obvious example of false and fraudulent patriotism than this.
      • It is another example of the illusion of competition, the fraudulent notion of fairness and equality that is an increasing blight.
      • But it's wrong to say that every psychic has been exposed as fraudulent.
      Synonyms
      dishonest, cheating, swindling, corrupt, criminal, illegal, unlawful, illicit, against the law
      deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, dishonourable, unscrupulous, unfair, unjust, unethical, unprincipled
      informal crooked, sharp, shady, tricky, shifty, dirty
      British informal bent, dodgy
      Australian/New Zealand informal shonky

Derivatives

  • fraudulence

  • noun ˈfrɔːdjʊl(ə)nsˈfrɔdʒələns
    • These are instances of deception we know about, and they have two important consequences apart from the fraudulence of any policies based on such deceit.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A demonstration of vulnerability can become, in the blink of an eye, an indulgence or exercise in self-regard and, soon after that, an entrapment in fraudulence.
      • Not only have they dared to reveal some of the secrets behind their own tricks, but they've also made a name for themselves as debunkers, exploring the fraudulence of so-called supernatural phenomenon.
      • But its essential fraudulence stands exposed, and it's hard to see how that exposure can be undone.
      • Then there's the possibility that fraudulence at the polls that has gone undetected could make the difference.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus, fraud- 'deceit, injury'.

 
 

Definition of fraudulent in US English:

fraudulent

adjectiveˈfrɔdʒələntˈfrôjələnt
  • 1Obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.

    the fraudulent copying of American software
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He began to invent fraudulent investment schemes for rare book and manuscript transactions.
    • It appears that crimes involving fraudulent documents are on the increase.
    • This fraudulent transaction set the stage for the unfortunate chain of events that was to follow.
    • However, it is always possible that some people present false, fraudulent X-rays.
    • Thieves pay a stolen or fraudulent cheque into their victim's bank account.
    • A few months later our school principal lost his life savings in a fraudulent get-rich-quick scheme.
    • He was impeached while in office on account of being involved in a fraudulent loan scam.
    • Twenty people have been charged with trying to obtain fraudulent licences to drive tanker trucks.
    • Police believed the documents were stolen over a period of time, or might have been obtained by fraudulent means.
    • They wanted to wait and see whether the passport did prove to be fraudulent.
    • Early indications are that the data has not, at least yet, been misused to obtain fraudulent loans and credit card accounts.
    • A counterfeit or fraudulent cashier's check or corporate check is utilized to pay for merchandise.
    • The affair triggered investigations which uncovered fraudulent accounting at several other major companies.
    • The result of their efforts was to be arrested by the Fraud Squad for making fraudulent applications.
    • The scam is only then spotted when the company whose cheque-book has been copied notices a fraudulent withdrawal.
    • Investigators say at least two and possibly as many as eight of the hijackers had fraudulent visas.
    • This system is appropriate for reporting suspected unethical or fraudulent activities relating to employees of our company or actions by our company.
    • The clever technically-minded crooks who will get false data and fraudulent results.
    • He is concerned that future elections could be decided by fraudulent voting manipulated by unscrupulous cartels and the like.
    • These agencies accept the risk that the original cheque may be fraudulent and to counter this risk they charge an upfront fee.
    Synonyms
    deceitful, duplicitous, counterfeit, sham, bogus, cheating, underhand, cunning, crafty, sly, guileful, scheming, perfidious, treacherous, machiavellian, dissembling, disingenuous, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled, dishonest, untruthful, lying, mendacious, insincere, false
    1. 1.1 Unjustifiably claiming or being credited with particular accomplishments or qualities.
      he unmasked fraudulent psychics
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Letters were then sent to the dealers that were selling the fraudulent whisky, informing them that it was illegal.
      • It is another example of the illusion of competition, the fraudulent notion of fairness and equality that is an increasing blight.
      • You have launched an attempt to crackdown on fraudulent claims, how much has this saved the industry?
      • But it's wrong to say that every psychic has been exposed as fraudulent.
      • It was the most rotten of rotten boroughs, a place where the corrupt, the fraudulent and the freeloaders prospered.
      • I can think of no more obvious example of false and fraudulent patriotism than this.
      • Misleading or just plain fraudulent health claims abound in cyberspace.
      • The integrity of his claims has been systematically taken apart and exposed as fraudulent.
      • The best way to avoid unscrupulous or fraudulent brokers is to do your homework beforehand.
      • It's time to put a stop to these unfair and fraudulent practices which are crippling British farmers.
      Synonyms
      dishonest, cheating, swindling, corrupt, criminal, illegal, unlawful, illicit, against the law

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus, fraud- ‘deceit, injury’.

 
 
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