Examples of fraudulent in a Sentence
Corrupt leaders were chosen in a fraudulent election.
fraudulent use of a credit card
the victim of a fraudulent scheme
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The suit alleges that employees at the Novato branch were incentivized not to do anything to stop PFI’s fraudulent activity.
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Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
It is intended to streamline the removal of individuals deemed inadmissible under specific grounds, primarily for lacking proper documentation or for using fraudulent means to enter the country.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The 13-person group, calling themselves the CC Boyz, stole 75 credit cards from the vehicles and made $40,000 worth of fraudulent purchases, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said in a press release.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
This devious methodology tricked Google’s Play Store defenses by using a vanilla version of the app as an initial trojan horse before updating with the fraudulent ad code, an update not a new app.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
It is intended to streamline the removal of individuals deemed inadmissible under specific grounds, primarily for lacking proper documentation or for using fraudulent means to enter the country.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The 13-person group, calling themselves the CC Boyz, stole 75 credit cards from the vehicles and made $40,000 worth of fraudulent purchases, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said in a press release.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
This devious methodology tricked Google’s Play Store defenses by using a vanilla version of the app as an initial trojan horse before updating with the fraudulent ad code, an update not a new app.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Fraudulent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraudulent. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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fraudulent
adjective
fraud·u·lent
ˈfrȯ-jə-lənt 
: based on or done by fraud
fraudulently
adverb
fraudulentness
noun
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