fraudulence
Meaning
The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
Synonyms
trappiness
fraud in fact
false pretence
positive fraud
cautel
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.l(ə)ns/
Etymology
From Old French fraudulence, from Latin fraudulentia (“deceitfulness, disposition to defraud; fraudulence”), from fraudulentus (“deceitful, fraudulent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Fraudulentus is derived from fraus (“deceit, fraud”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew- (“to mislead”)) + -ulentus (“abounding in, full of”).
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