fraudulent
frau·du·lent
adjective
1.
- “deceitful advertising”
- “fallacious testimony”
- “smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice” S.T.Coleridge
- “a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes”
Origin
From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”).
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