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
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Taubman never lets his closeness to his subject cloud incisive judgments of an admirable career that was not without failings, including a reprehensible episode near its end involving the fraudulent biomedical company Theranos and its disgraced founder, Elizabeth Holmes.
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Philip Taubman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Courts have repeatedly rejected claims of fraudulent or rigged elections.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
But these approaches come with their own challenges and risks, including the possibility of fraudulent responses from click farms, professional poll-takers or nefarious meddlers.
—Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024
The website however is fraudulent, leading victims to enter their personal information and credit card account number.
—Marin Independent Journal, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
Appeals to cancel coverage retroactively must be made within 60 days of discovering the fraudulent enrollment, Speidel said.
—Julie Appleby, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024
Others sentenced include the doctors and nurse practitioner who wrote the fraudulent prescriptions, and other servicemembers who recruited military personnel to take part in the fraud.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
The service appears to be a 24/7 concierge for identity theft, helping users with tasks like cancelling and replacing important documents, informing health insurance providers of any fraudulent claims, freezing their credit report, and more.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2024
There are many standards for measuring what equates to a ton of removed carbon, and several high-profile examples of projects that either burned up in wildfires themselves or were outright fraudulent.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Philip Taubman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Courts have repeatedly rejected claims of fraudulent or rigged elections.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
But these approaches come with their own challenges and risks, including the possibility of fraudulent responses from click farms, professional poll-takers or nefarious meddlers.
—Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024
The website however is fraudulent, leading victims to enter their personal information and credit card account number.
—Marin Independent Journal, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
Appeals to cancel coverage retroactively must be made within 60 days of discovering the fraudulent enrollment, Speidel said.
—Julie Appleby, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024
Others sentenced include the doctors and nurse practitioner who wrote the fraudulent prescriptions, and other servicemembers who recruited military personnel to take part in the fraud.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
The service appears to be a 24/7 concierge for identity theft, helping users with tasks like cancelling and replacing important documents, informing health insurance providers of any fraudulent claims, freezing their credit report, and more.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2024
There are many standards for measuring what equates to a ton of removed carbon, and several high-profile examples of projects that either burned up in wildfires themselves or were outright fraudulent.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Fraudulent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraudulent. Accessed 27 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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