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Definition
intentional deception — usually for financial gain or ego- She stole money by filing a fraudulent insurance claim.
fraudulent = intended to deceive
- She is a fraud.
- She was convicted of a fraudulent home loan scheme.
- It was a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes.
- I had never encountered a being who deliberately perpetrated fraud against himself.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- These uncles of yourn ain't no uncles at all; they're a couple of frauds—regular dead-beats.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- It is because your husband is himself fraudulent and dishonest that we pair so well together.Oscar Wilde -- An Ideal Husband
- They had the cheek, them frauds!Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- So now the frauds reckoned they was out of danger, and they begun to work the villages again.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Well, everybody WAS in a state of mind now, and they sings out: "The whole BILIN' of 'm 's frauds!"Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- —and very convenient, too, for a fraud that's got to make signs, and ain't learnt how.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Preacher be hanged, he's a fraud and a liar.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ...but if THESE two ain't frauds, I am an idiot, that's all.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The doctor says: "Neighbors, I don't know whether the new couple is frauds or not;"Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- If these men ain't frauds, they won't object to sending for that money and letting us keep it till they prove they're all right—ain't that so?Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- I see how maybe I could get me and Jim rid of the frauds; get them jailed here, and then leave.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- "Well," I says, "it's a rough gang, them two frauds, and I'm fixed so I got to travel with them a while longer, whether I want to or not—"Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- I says to myself, shall I go to that doctor, private, and blow on these frauds?Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- You're a fraud, that's what you are!Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- And everybody crowded up with the tears in their eyes, and most shook the hands off of them frauds, saying all the time: "You DEAR good souls!"Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
fraud = someone who deceives others
fraudulent = intended to deceive
fraud = intentional deception
frauds = people who deceive others
fraudulent = intentionally dishonest to trick people
frauds = people who deceive others
frauds = people who deceive others
frauds = intentional deception — usually for financial gain or ego
fraud = someone who deceives others
fraud = someone who deceives others
frauds = people who deceive others
frauds = people who deceive others
frauds = people who deceive others
frauds = people who deceive others
frauds = people who deceive others
frauds = people who deceive others
fraud = someone who deceives others
frauds = people who deceive others