"fraudulent" meaning in English

See fraudulent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹɔː.dʒʊ.lənt/ [UK], /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.lənt/ [UK], /ˈfɹɔː.dʒə.lənt/ [UK], /ˈfɹɔː.djə.lənt/ [UK], /ˈfɹɔːdʒ.lənt/ [UK], /ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.lənt/ [US], /ˈfɹɑd͡ʒ.lənt/ [US], /ˈfɹɑ.d͡ʒə.lənt/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈfɹɑd͡ʒ.lənt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-fraudulent.wav Forms: more fraudulent [comparative], most fraudulent [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fraudulent}} Middle English fraudulent, {{der|en|fro|fraudulent}} Old French fraudulent, {{der|en|la|fraudulentus|}} Latin fraudulentus Head templates: {{en-adj}} fraudulent (comparative more fraudulent, superlative most fraudulent)
  1. Dishonest; based on fraud or deception. Categories (topical): Crime Translations (dishonest; based on fraud or deception): محتال (Arabic), измамнически (izmamničeski) (Bulgarian), мошенически (mošeničeski) (Bulgarian), fraudulent (Catalan), 欺詐的 (Chinese Mandarin), 欺诈的 (qīzhà de) (Chinese Mandarin), 詐欺的 (Chinese Mandarin), 诈欺的 (zhàqī de) (Chinese Mandarin), podvodný (Czech), frauduleus (Dutch), fraŭda (Esperanto), vilpillinen (Finnish), epärehellinen (Finnish), valheellinen (Finnish), frauduleux (French), fraudulento (Galician), betrügerisch (German), schwindlerisch (German), betrugsanfällig (German), csalárd (Hungarian), frauda (Ido), séitéartha (Irish), fraudolento (Italian), 詐欺の (sagi no) (alt: さぎの) (Japanese), fraudulentus (Latin), باتاق (batak) (Ottoman Turkish), شیادانه (šayyâdâne) (Persian), فریبآمیز (farib-âmiz) (Persian), oszukańczy (Polish), fraudulento (Portuguese), fraudulos (Romanian), обма́нный (obmánnyj) (Russian), моше́ннический (mošénničeskij) (Russian), कौट (kauṭa) (Sanskrit), fraudulento (Spanish), falsk (Swedish)
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  2. False, phony. Translations (false; phony): κίβδηλος (kíbdēlos) (Ancient Greek), фалшив (falšiv) (Bulgarian), fraudulent (Catalan), valheellinen (Finnish), vale- (Finnish), epäaito (Finnish), väärennetty (Finnish), väärä (Finnish), frauduleux (French), fraudulento (Galician), hamis (Hungarian), fałszywy (Polish), fraudulento (Portuguese), fals (Romanian), фальши́вый (falʹšívyj) (Russian), подде́льный (poddélʹnyj) (Russian), falsk (Swedish), förfalskad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fraudulent-en-adj-Z6ey2Gfi Disambiguation of 'false; phony': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fraudulently
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          "word": "محتال"
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          "word": "欺詐的"
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          "roman": "qīzhà de",
          "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
          "word": "欺诈的"
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          "roman": "zhàqī de",
          "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
          "word": "诈欺的"
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          "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
          "word": "podvodný"
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          "word": "betrügerisch"
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          "word": "csalárd"
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          "word": "frauda"
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          "word": "詐欺の"
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          "word": "باتاق"
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          "word": "شیادانه"
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      "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
      "word": "fraŭda"
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      "word": "betrugsanfällig"
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      "word": "csalárd"
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      "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
      "word": "séitéartha"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
      "word": "fraudolento"
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      "word": "詐欺の"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "باتاق"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
      "word": "شیادانه"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "فریبآمیز"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
      "word": "oszukańczy"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
      "word": "fraudulento"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
      "word": "fraudulos"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "dishonest; based on fraud or deception",
      "word": "обма́нный"
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      "word": "fraudulento"
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      "word": "falsk"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "falšiv",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "фалшив"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "fraudulent"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "valheellinen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "vale-"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "epäaito"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "väärennetty"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "väärä"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "fałszywy"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "false; phony",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "false; phony",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "фальши́вый"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddélʹnyj",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "подде́льный"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "falsk"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "false; phony",
      "word": "förfalskad"
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