Synonyms
Examples of fraudulent in a Sentence
Corrupt leaders were chosen in a fraudulent election.
fraudulent use of a credit card
the victim of a fraudulent scheme
Recent Examples on the Web
But transfers of assets to others that are made to avoid creditors can be deemed fraudulent, and claimants like the Goldman and Brown families can file separate civil lawsuits that bring those assets into dispute.
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CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
Wait times have been significantly shortened to about three years, and additional protections to prevent fraudulent investment have been instated.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Breaches tend to happen when people have an emotional response to a fraudulent request that contains elements of distress—a text message ostensibly from the CEO asking about an urgent invoice or a phone call imitating the voice of an employee’s child on the side of the road with a flat tire.
—John Kell, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Kim Taylor, 50, was convicted by a federal jury in November on 52 counts including fraudulent voting and providing false information in registering and voting.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
At schools across the country, people have used deepfake technology combined with real images of female students to create fraudulent images of nude bodies.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
There was a time when NPR would produce one fraudulent, absurd story per show on April Fools Day — a practice that was discontinued.
—Mansee Khurana, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
Credit cards from the wallet were used to make fraudulent purchases totaling approximately $161.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
So far the longest time one of them has spent in the slammer is 13 years: In 2012, Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years for selling $7 billion of fraudulent certificates of deposits in one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever.
—Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
CBS News, 12 Apr. 2024
Wait times have been significantly shortened to about three years, and additional protections to prevent fraudulent investment have been instated.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Breaches tend to happen when people have an emotional response to a fraudulent request that contains elements of distress—a text message ostensibly from the CEO asking about an urgent invoice or a phone call imitating the voice of an employee’s child on the side of the road with a flat tire.
—John Kell, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Kim Taylor, 50, was convicted by a federal jury in November on 52 counts including fraudulent voting and providing false information in registering and voting.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
At schools across the country, people have used deepfake technology combined with real images of female students to create fraudulent images of nude bodies.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
There was a time when NPR would produce one fraudulent, absurd story per show on April Fools Day — a practice that was discontinued.
—Mansee Khurana, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
Credit cards from the wallet were used to make fraudulent purchases totaling approximately $161.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
So far the longest time one of them has spent in the slammer is 13 years: In 2012, Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years for selling $7 billion of fraudulent certificates of deposits in one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever.
—Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Fraudulent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraudulent. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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fraudulent
adjective
fraud·u·lent
ˈfrȯ-jə-lənt 
: based on or done by fraud
fraudulently
adverb
fraudulentness
noun
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