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Synonyms
crooked, deceitful, defrauding, dishonest, double-dealing, false
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Federal prosecutors claim Vines concealed that scheme by making false and fraudulent representations in person and in emails to club management and an outside auditor. — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, "Ex-Country Club of Birmingham employee charged with fraud once played role in exposing HealthSouth," 5 Sep. 2019 In one text message, the two discuss picking up a fraudulent check for $120,000. — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, "Online “people finder” sites are a blessing for identity thieves," 20 Aug. 2019 Four former employees and a company owner that did business at the port have been charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit fraud, allegedly making fraudulent p-card charges to make money for themselves. — Larry Barszewski, sun-sentinel.com, "Latest scandal at Port Everglades: Overtime irregularities," 16 Aug. 2019 The conference is being attended by representatives from more than 50 nations that recognize Guaidó as Venezuela’s president and consider Maduro’s re-election last year to be fraudulent. — Time, "The Trump Administration Has Frozen the Venezuelan Government's Assets," 6 Aug. 2019 The boyfriend notified his credit-card company Monday, calling it a fraudulent charge. — CBS News, "Woman leaves $5,000 tip on $55 bill to get revenge on boyfriend," 4 July 2019 Identity Theft: Between April 1 and April 15, unknown suspect(s) used a Cupertino resident’s personal information to open credit card accounts and made multiple fraudulent charges for a total loss of about $3,800. — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, "Cupertino crime report for the week of June 28," 20 June 2019 Liu and his conspirators have been charged with nine counts of wire fraud, seven counts of passing false and fraudulent papers through customs and conspiracy. — Amy Gunia, Time, "U.S. Indicts Chinese Billionaire on Charges of Evading $1.8 Billion in Tariffs," 1 Aug. 2019 Liu and the other individual defendants face up to 465 years in prison if convicted on all 24 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and passing false and fraudulent papers through a customhouse. — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, "Chinese billionaire indicted on charges of skirting U.S. aluminum tariffs," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fraudulent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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