Fraudulent (Adjective)
Meaning
Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The company was found guilty of running a fraudulent scheme to inflate its profits.
- The insurance fraud detective specialized in identifying fraudulent claims.
- The politician was accused of making fraudulent promises to voters during her campaign.
- The whistleblower revealed a fraudulent accounting practice that had been going on for years.
- The website was shut down for selling fraudulent identification documents to unsuspecting teenagers.