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fraudulence

Syllables: fraud·u·lenceUK/ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.l(ə)ns/US/ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.ləns/

fraudulence noun: the condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.

fraudulence: the condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness
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Noun

fraudulence (countable and uncountable, plural fraudulences)

  1. The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
    • I ſuppoſe ſome of my friends, to whom I read the firſt part, gave notice of my deſign, and, perhaps, ſold the treacherous intelligence at a higher price than the fraudulence of trade will now allow me for my book.1759 May 5, Samuel Johnson, “[The Idler]”, in The Universal Chronicle, or, Weekly Gazette, number 55, [London]: [J. Payne], →OCLC; republished in The Works of Samuel Johnson, new edition, volume VII...
    • We should therefore not make too much of the fraudulence of all that on-screen wailing. Just because North Korean TV never films anything before rehearsing all spontaneity out of it does not mean the average citizen was unmoved.2012 January 7, B. R. Myers, “Dynasty, North Korean-style”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2012

Synonyms of fraudulence

All synonyms of fraudulence

Forms of fraudulence

pluralfraudulences

Origin of fraudulence

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”).

Questions about fraudulence

What does fraudulence mean?
Fraudulence means the condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
What part of speech is fraudulence?
Fraudulence is a noun.
How do you pronounce fraudulence?
Fraudulence is pronounced /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.l(ə)ns/ (UK).
What is the plural of fraudulence?
The plural of fraudulence is fraudulences.

Words near fraudulence in the dictionary

  1. fraudsman
  2. fraudsmen
  3. fraudster
  4. fraudsters
  5. fraudstress
  6. fraudulence
  7. fraudulences
  8. fraudulencies
  9. fraudulency
  10. fraudulent
  11. fraudulently

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