fraudulent

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfrɔdʒələnt/ UK /ˈfrɔːdjʊlənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
obtained, done, or characterized by deception or fraud

He was arrested for submitting fraudulent insurance claims.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · obtained, done, or... deceitful dishonest deceptive sham bogus counterfeit crooked spurious

Opposites

honest genuine authentic legitimate aboveboard

Word family

Forms fraudulently

Derived forms fraudulentlyfraudulence

Related forms fraud fraudful defraud

Etymology

From Latin fraudulentus ('cheating, deceitful'), from fraus (genitive fraudis, 'deceit, fraud'), via Old French fraudulent.

fraudulentus Latin fraus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# fraudulent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈfrɔdʒələnt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfrɔːdjʊlənt/

## Meanings
1. obtained, done, or characterized by deception or fraud

## Examples
- He was arrested for submitting fraudulent insurance claims.

## Synonyms
- deceitful
- dishonest
- deceptive
- sham
- bogus
- counterfeit
- crooked
- spurious

## Antonyms
- honest
- genuine
- authentic
- legitimate
- aboveboard

## Derived Forms
- fraudulently
- fraudulence

## Related Forms
- fraud
- fraudful
- defraud

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fraudulentus
- Root: fraus

## Etymology
From Latin fraudulentus ('cheating, deceitful'), from fraus (genitive fraudis, 'deceit, fraud'), via Old French fraudulent.

## AI Etymology
Fraudulent comes from Latin fraudulentus ('cheating, deceitful'), from fraus (genitive fraudis, 'deceit, fraud'), via Old French fraudulent. The etymological trail includes Latin fraudulentus and Latin fraus. As an adjective, fraudulent describes what is obtained, done, or characterized by deception or fraud. The same family is visible in derived forms such as fraudulently and fraudulence and related forms such as fraud, fraudful, and defraud.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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