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   fraud·u·lent

   /ˈfrôjələnt/

   adjective

   • 1. obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception: "the fraudulent copying of American software"
   • ▪ unjustifiably claiming or being credited with particular accomplishments or qualities: "he unmasked fraudulent psychics"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus, fraud- ‘deceit, injury’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fraudulence noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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