Fraudulent vs Fraud - What's the difference?
fraudulent | fraud |
dishonest; based on fraud or deception
false; phony
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
* Alexander Pope
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A person who performs any such trick.
(obsolete) A trap or snare.
* Milton
Fraud is a related term of fraudulent.
As an adjective fraudulent
is dishonest; based on fraud or deception.As a noun fraud is
any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.As a verb fraud is
to defraud.fraudulent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He tried to pass a fraudulent check.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "fraudulent" is often applied: claim, practice, transfer, scheme, transaction, document, intent, misrepresentation, act, action, mortgage, check, conveyance, accounting, bankruptcy, reporting, etc.Synonyms
* See also * See alsoDerived terms
* fraudulentlyfraud
English
Noun
(en noun)- If success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.
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- to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud