| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fraud·u·lent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  frô j -lnt |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Engaging in fraud; deceitful. 2. Characterized by, constituting, or gained by fraud: fraudulent business practices. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus, fraud-, deceit. | | OTHER FORMS: | fraudu·lence —NOUN
fraudu·lent·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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