fraudulence
pronunciation
How to pronounce fraudulence in British English:
UK ['frɔ:djələns]
How to pronounce fraudulence in American English:
US ['frɔdjələns]
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- Noun:
- a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
- the quality of being fraudulent
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Word Origin
- fraudulence (n.)
- "deceit," c. 1500, from Middle French fraudulence, from Latin fraudulentia, from stem of fraus (see fraud).
Example
- 1. Third , while president obama hasn 't fully avoided the fraudulence , he 's less bad than his opponents - and he deserves much more credit for fiscal responsibility than he 's getting .
- 2. He brings up the corruption implicit in university presidents sitting on corporate boards , the fraudulence of big-time college athletics , some of whose football and basketball coaches earn more than entire academic departments , and much more .
- 3. And even if mr. obama is reelected , the fraudulence of this budget has important implications for future political negotiations .
- 4. Probe into the legal issues on transnational maritime fraudulence .
- 5. Some of his statements are so incorrect that they border on fraudulence .