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noun
The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: duplicity, fraudulency, trickery, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, dissimulation, fraudulence, perfidy, underhandedness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fraud, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
Narrower terms: goldbrick
noun
the quality of being fraudulent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deceit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dishonesty
noun
a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: duplicity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misrepresentation, deceit, deception
History
From Old French fraudulence, from Latin fraudulentia (“deceitfulness, disposition to defraud; fraudulence”), from fraudulentus (“deceitful, fraudulent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Fraudulentus is derived from fraus (“deceit, fraud”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dhrew- (“to mislead”)) + -ulentus (“abounding in, full of”).
Across languages
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