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English Dictionary: fraudulent by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fraudulent
adj
  1. intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
    Synonym(s): deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fraudulent \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.
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