fraudulent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite intended to deceive
    fallacious; deceitful.
    • deceitful advertising
    • fallacious testimony
    • smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
    • a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes

WordNet

Fraud"u*lent adjective
Etymology
L. fraudulentus, fr. fraus, fraudis, frand: cf. F. fraudulent.
Definitions
  1. Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.
  2. Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund; as, a fraudulent bargain.
    He, with serpent tongue, . . . His fraudulent temptation thus began. Milton.
  3. Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest. Milton. Syn. -- Deceitful; fraudful; guileful; crafty; wily; cunning; subtle; deceiving; cheating; deceptive; insidious; treacherous; dishonest; designing; unfair.

Webster 1913