# fraudulent
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈfɹɔː.dʒʊ.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.dʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.djə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔːdʒ.lənt/
* (US) IPA: /ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɑd͡ʒ.lənt/
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈfɹɑ.d͡ʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɑd͡ʒ.lənt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

fraudulent (comparative more fraudulent, superlative most fraudulent)
* Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
** 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, London: William Stansbye, published 1622, book III, page 98:Secondly, Philoſophy which we are warned not to take heed of : not that Philoſophy, which is true & ſound knowledge attained by naturall diſcourſe of reaſon ; but that Philoſophy which to bolſter hereſie or error, caſteth a fraudulent ſhew of reaſon vpon things which are indeed vnreaſonable, & by that meane as by a ſtratageme ſpoyleth the ſimple which are not able to withſtand ſuch cunning.
** a. 1729, Samuel Clarke, “The Reward of Justice”, in The Works of Samuel Clarke, volume II, London: J. and P. Knapton, published 1738, page 191:The only reaſon, why men are not always ſufficiently ſenſible of This ; ſo that Many, who are very Juſt in their Dealings between Man and Man, will yet be very fraudulent or rapacious with regard to the Publick ; is becauſe, in this latter caſe, ’tis not ſo obviouſly and immediately apparent uppon Whom the Injury falls, as it is in the caſe of Private Wrongs.
** 1827, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Machiavelli”, in Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, new edition, volume I, London: Printed for Longman et al., published 1850, page 28:One writer gravely assures us that Maurice of Saxony learned all his fraudulent policy from that execrable volume [The Prince].
* False, phony.
    He tried to pass a fraudulent check.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:deceptive
* See also Thesaurus:fake

#### Derived terms

* antifraudulent
* fraudulently
* fraudulentness
* nonfraudulent
* unfraudulent

#### Collocations

* fraudulent claim
* fraudulent practice
* fraudulent transfer
* fraudulent scheme
* fraudulent transaction
* fraudulent document
* fraudulent intent
* fraudulent misrepresentation
* fraudulent act
* fraudulent action
* fraudulent mortgage
* fraudulent check
* fraudulent conveyance
* fraudulent accounting
* fraudulent bankruptcy
* fraudulent reporting

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fraudulentus.

### Adjective

fraudulent (feminine fraudulenta, masculine plural fraudulents, feminine plural fraudulentes)
* fraudulent

#### Derived terms

* fraudulentament

#### Related terms

* frau
* fraudulència

### Further reading

* “fraudulent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fraudulent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “fraudulent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fraudulent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* fraudelent, ffraudulent

### Etymology

From Middle French fraudulent, itself borrowed from Latin fraudulentus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfrau̯diu̯lɛnt/, /ˈfrau̯dilɛnt/

### Adjective

fraudulent
* Dishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud.
* Necrotic, rotting; infected with or afflicted with gangrene.

#### Descendants

* English: fraudulent

#### References

* “fraude, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-06.