How to Use fraudulent in a Sentence

fraudulent

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• Corrupt leaders were chosen in a fraudulent election.
• Schmoke says that claims that the book was fraudulent stung Moore.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 18 July 2023
• Officials charged the six suspects with at least 50 fraudulent rentals and thefts.
  — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
• Bug zappers are one of the favorite products of fraudulent seller farms.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
• That’s all the information a thief needs to create new checks and make fraudulent payments.
  — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• The resident notified the IRS that the filing was fraudulent.
  — Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2023
• The city rejects the vast majority of claims, some of which officials say are fraudulent, but claimants may appeal in court.
  — St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2023
• But the Trump team argued Monday night that the president was not in the position to deceive anyone about whether the election was fraudulent.
  — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• If Beard does strike this deal, she will be forced to repay all the proceeds obtained through her fraudulent schemes and surrender any of the assets acquired as a result.
  — Mario Abad, Robb Report, 31 May 2023
• The department’s woes worsened when a state audit found that at least $10 billion in claims paid by the state were fraudulent (that figure later grew to at least $20 billion).
  — Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• According to data shared by the company, the amount of fraudulent ad requests from the schemes taking place now has completely dropped off.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
• Checks are largely governed by state law through the Uniform Commercial Code, which gives consumers up to a year to inform their bank of a fraudulent or altered check.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
• In the eight months since Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, the platform has increasingly been home to fraudulent accounts.
  — WIRED, 26 July 2023
• He is being charged for a failure to file and pay taxes, evasion of assessment, false or fraudulent tax return, and failure to file and pay taxes.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
• The indictment charges him with failure to file and pay taxes, evasion of assessment and filing a false or fraudulent tax return.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
• The suspects used the licenses for fraudulent purchases or sold them on the underground market.
  — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
• These four audio clips were found to be of Nate Libby, a dockside worker who later pleaded guilty to making a fraudulent Mayday call.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2023
• This bonding moment proves memorable, thanks to a fraudulent twist.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
• Truman saw modern artists as charlatans and their art as fraudulent.
  — Diane Scharper, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
• An arriving officer talked to the caller, who said the credit cards were used for fraudulent transactions.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
• Ibarra’s brother, Diego, was charged Friday with possessing a fraudulent green card and is being held in state custody.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2024
• Officers will work with the county recorder to get copies of the fraudulent documents and other evidence, such as video footage or credit card details.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2023
• But Singer finally drew her in to his fraudulent scheme by insisting Huffman’s daughter would never get into the colleges of her choice.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
• But more than three years later, applications for the credit continue to pour in, and the IRS has raised concerns that many of them are unwarranted or even fraudulent.
  — Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• What boosts the charges from a misdemeanor to a felony is proof that fraudulent business expenses were used to conceal another crime, Cavallaro said.
  — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• While the department did not describe the fraudulent purchases, a felony warrant generally means theft of more than $950.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• The unique links posted across social media and in the captions of YouTube videos contain the usernames of these affiliate marketers, who get a cut from each sale generated by the fraudulent ads.
  — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 27 May 2023
• Two others were informed that suspicious or fraudulent activity had been detected and that the bank would have to freeze their accounts.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023
• These are fraudulent pages that masquerade as bank sites, email accounts, shopping pages, and other sensitive sites.
  — PCMAG, 13 Sep. 2023
• During his time as secretary of state, Scott also helped shepherd in a controversial voting law that had been prompted by Trump’s false claims that fraudulent votes were cast.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 31 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024