fraudulent
pronunciation
How to pronounce fraudulent in British English:
UK [ˈfrɔːdjələnt]
How to pronounce fraudulent in American English:
US [ˈfrɔːdʒələnt]
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- Adjective:
- intended to deceive
Word Origin
- fraudulent (adj.)
- early 15c., from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus "cheating, deceitful, dishonest," from stem of fraus "deceit" (see fraud). Earlier was fraudful (c. 1400). The Old French word was fraudios. Related: Fraudulently.
Example
- 1. Relations have been tense ever since belarus 's fraudulent presidential election in 2010 .
- 2. Fraudulent companies are commonly exposed in the springtime because that is when they must file their annual accounts .
- 3. Just as with enron and bernard madoff , fraudulent chinese companies can be market darlings for years before being rumbled .
- 4. The allegedly fraudulent online shops , set up in 2009 and 2010 , account for less than 1.1 per cent and 0.8 per cent of alibaba 's total gold suppliers signed up during those two years respectively .
- 5. The government 's punishment of wal-mart is considered by many china watchers to be unprecedented , considering the alleged fraudulent sales didn 't result in the death or physical harm of consumers .