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Fraudulent

/ˈfɹɔː.djə.lənt/

Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.

📖 Definitions of "Fraudulent"

adjective

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
fallacious	Deceptive or misleading.
deceitful	Deliberately misleading or cheating.
dishonorable	Without honor, or causing dishonor.
dishonest	Not honest; shoddy.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
deceitful	Deliberately misleading or cheating.
fallacious	Deceptive or misleading.
dishonest	Not honest; shoddy.
dishonorable	Without honor, or causing dishonor.
cheatedverb	Having been tricked or deceived.
covinous	(law) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
scamnoun	A fraudulent deal.
cheatingnoun	An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
deceptive	Likely or attempting to deceive.
shamnoun	Intended to deceive; false.
forgedverb	Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
deceptionnoun	An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
counterfeitingnoun	The act of one who counterfeits.
counterfeitnoun	False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
falsifiedverb	Demonstrated to be false.
phonynoun	(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
fakenoun	Not real; false, fraudulent.
underhand	(by extension) Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
bogus	Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
spurious	False, not authentic, not genuine.