fraudulently
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7.5
- adverb
- /ˈfrɔːdʒələntli/
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fraudulentamente
- She was charged with fraudulently obtaining money by making false claims on her application.
- fraudulently obtaining
So he continues to fraudulently use my name, my face, to sell my work.
- So he continues to fraudulently use my name, my face, to sell my work.
- The people who did this obtained their credentials fraudulently.
- And there, there goes the winner, Nicolas Maduro now, you know, so so he has has won the elections in Venezuela fraudulently.
- Hearing Sam Bigman Freed talk about how you become a market maker, how you can effectively create value out of nowhere, you can do that fraudulently.
- You can't much more directly say we really care about this than fraudulently filing your income in such a way that the SEC finds you.
Examples
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Accounts from the migrants who arrived last night make it clear that they were lied to again and again and fraudulently induced to board the planes.
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Yet if our regulators do not prosecute perpetrators, financial institutions will continue to act fraudulently.
Blog text (9) -
So he continues to fraudulently use my name, my face, to sell my work.
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The idea of "role model," in short, is fraudulently applied in the field of higher education.
Academic text (1990) -
Perhaps, there could also be charges of fraudulently selling recording machines that cannot be used?
Blog text (24) -
Closure of old accounts makes it less likely that they will be used fraudulently.
Blog text (27) -
And I was like, we're going to get reported to the FTC for like fraudulently offering people financial advice.
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His United States citizenship was also obtained fraudulently by claiming to be a Mexican farm worker.
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There is an allegation that more than 100 registration forms had been fraudulently altered.
Blog text (1) -
You're fraudulently claiming more income than you're receiving in order to conceal income from another source.
Synonyms
16
5.7
In a way that makes something seem different from what it really is
4
3.5
In a way that tries to trick or cheat other people
2
7.1
In a dishonest way to get money or power
2
6.8
In a way not allowed by law or rules
1
6.3
In a way that tries to trick someone
1
8.0
In a way that ignores what is right or wrong
1
8.9
In a very dishonest or illegal way
In a dishonest way that betrays trust
In a dishonest way to get money or power
Antonyms
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Morphology
fraudulently = fraudulent (transparent) = fraud + ulent + ly
The adverb is a regular -ly formation from the adjective 'fraudulent', whose meaning ('deceptive') directly yields 'in a deceptive way'.
Etymology
Fraudulently comes from the root fraud, from Latin fraus meaning 'deceit' or 'cheating'. So, to do something fraudulently is to act in a dishonest way to trick people, usually to get money or an unfair advantage.