fraudulent

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈfrɔːdjʊlənt/ 🇺🇸 /ˈfrɔdʒələnt/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Involving or characterized by fraud; dishonest and intended to deceive others for personal gain.; Obtained or achieved through deception or dishonesty.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more fraudulent Superlative: most fraudulent

Collocations

fraudulent activityfraudulent claimsfraudulent behaviorfraudulent schemefraudulent transactionfraudulent misrepresentation

Derivatives

fraudfraudulentlyfraudulence

Synonyms

deceitfuldishonestcorruptcrookedshadyduplicitous

Antonyms

honestlegitimategenuineauthentic

Commonly confused

fraud
EN: 'Fraud' is the noun (the act or the person); 'fraudulent' is the adjective describing something as involving fraud.
fraudulent
EN: 'Fraudulent' implies intentional deception for gain; 'erroneous' or 'mistaken' implies unintentional error.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the 'u' after 'fraud': 'fraudulent', not 'fradulent'. Also note the single 'l' before '-ent'.

💬 Examples

  1. He was convicted of filing fraudulent tax returns over a period of five years.

  2. The bank discovered several fraudulent transactions on the customer's account.