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# fraudulent

«fraudulent» in Mova's school dictionary: **dishonest and meant to trick people, usually to get money** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fraudulent means dishonest and meant to trick people, usually to get money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraudulent/#m1)

2) Fake or forged, pretending to be real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraudulent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in news, law and safety: «fraudulent emails», «fraudulent websites», «fraudulent claims». It tells the reader something is a scam or a cheat. Safety: be careful with messages asking for passwords or money.

### examples

- The bank warned about fraudulent emails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraudulent/#x1)
- He was arrested for using a fraudulent passport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraudulent/#x2)
- A fraudulent website pretended to sell cheap phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraudulent/#x3)
- The insurance claim turned out to be fraudulent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraudulent/#x4)
- Never reply to fraudulent text messages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraudulent/#x5)
- The fraudulent seller took the money and vanished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraudulent/#x6)

### note

Noun: fraud (a crime of cheating; also a person who pretends). Formal word; everyday: «fake», «a scam», «dodgy» (UK slang). Spelling: frau-du-lent.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fraudulent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraudulent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.