Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fraudulent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fraudulent \Fraud"u*lent\, a. [L. fraudulentus, fr. fraus,
fraudis, frand: cf. F. fraudulent.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fraudulent
adj : intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious
testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin
ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape
paying taxes" [syn: {deceitful}, {fallacious}]
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