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Definition: Fraudulently |
FraudulentlyAdverb1. In a dishonest and fraudulent manner; "this money was fraudulently obtained". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fraudulently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Fraud is, roughly, the crime or offense of deliberately deceiving another in order to damage him -- usually, to obtain property or services from him unjustly. [1]Forms of fraud include confidence tricks such as the 419 fraud; false advertising; identity theft; forgery of documents or signatures; the selling of products of spurious use, such as quack medicines; creation of false companies or "long firms"; false insurance claims; and securities frauds such as pump and dump.
See also:
- Accounting scandals
- Creative accounting
- Political corruption
- Nigerian money transfer fraud (419 fraud)
- The National Council Against Health Fraud An American private nonprofit, health agency.
- Ponzi scheme
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fraud."
Crosswords: Fraudulently |
| English words defined with "fraudulently": bad ♦ defalcate ♦ embezzle ♦ forged ♦ misappropriate, Multum ♦ peculate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fraudulently": INAUSPICIOUSLY, Isidorian Decretals ♦ Vote. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Nicaragua | Especially on the Atlantic Coast, many titles were improperly or fraudulently registered. (references) |
Haiti | During 1998 and 1999 the embassy received an increasing number of reports of fraudulent and fraudulently recorded land titles, but has not received any in the first six months of 2000. The concept of mortgage exists, but mortgages on real estate involve antiquated procedures and may fail to be recorded against the debtor or other creditors. (references) | |
Human Rights | Uganda | The Commission recommended reform of the police force, including the removal of senior police officers found to be incompetent or those who had acquired wealth fraudulently. (references) |
Political Rights | Malaysia | In the Sabah state elections in March 1999, opposition leaders accused the ruling coalition of employing "phantom" voters (illegal aliens and other fraudulently documented voters). (references) |
Worker Rights | Australia | They are believed to be entering primarily via air with fraudulently obtained tourist or student visas, for purposes of prostitution. (references) |
Georgia | There also was evidence that Russian and Ukrainian women have been trafficked through Georgia to Turkey, sometimes using fraudulently obtained Georgian passports. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. Among the Romans it was customary before undertaking any important action or enterprise to obtain from the augurs, or state prophets, some hint of its probable outcome; and one of their favorite and most trustworthy modes of divination consisted in observing the flight of birds -- the omens thence derived being called auspices. Newspaper reporters and certain miscreant lexicographers have decided that the word -- always in the plural -- shall mean "patronage" or "management"; as, "The festivities were under the auspices of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Body-Snatchers"; or, "The hilarities were auspicated by the Knights of Hunger." A Roman slave appeared one day Before the Augur. "Tell me, pray, If --" here the Augur, smiling, made A checking gesture and displayed His open palm, which plainly itched, For visibly its surface twitched. A denarius (the Latin nickel) Successfully allayed the tickle, And then the slave proceeded: "Please Inform me whether Fate decrees Success or failure in what I To-night (if it be dark) shall try. Its nature? Never mind -- I think 'Tis writ on this" -- and with a wink Which darkened half the earth, he drew Another denarius to view, Its shining face attentive scanned, Then slipped it into the good man's hand, Who with great gravity said: "Wait While I retire to question Fate." That holy person then withdrew His scared clay and, passing through The temple's rearward gate, cried "Shoo!" Waving his robe of office. Straight Each sacred peacock and its mate (Maintained for Juno's favor) fled With clamor from the trees o'erhead, Where they were perching for the night. The temple's roof received their flight, For thither they would always go, When danger threatened them below. Back to the slave the Augur went: "My son, forecasting the event By flight of birds, I must confess The auspices deny success." That slave retired, a sadder man, Abandoning his secret plan -- Which was (as well the craft seer Had from the first divined) to clear The wall and fraudulently seize On Juno's poultry in the trees. G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Fraudulently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fraudulently" is used about 53 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 53 | 46,657 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "fraudulently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 欺骗地 (Deceptively). (various references) | |
Czech | podvodnì (by deceit, by deception). (various references) | |
Danish | forsætligt indgive urigtig selvangivelse (fraudulently making an incorrect return). (various references) | |
Dutch | het opzettelijk indienen van een onjuiste aangifte (fraudulently making an incorrect return). (various references) | |
French | frauduleuxse. (various references) | |
German | betrügerische (deceitfully, surreptitiously), betrügerisch (deceitful, deceitfully, fraudulent, surreptitious). (various references) | |
Greek | ανακριβής δήλωση εκ προθέσεως (fraudulently making an incorrect return). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csempészúton behozott áru (goods imported fraudulently). (various references) | |
Italian | dichiarazione scorretta per frode (fraudulently making an incorrect return). (various references) | |
Korean | 사기 으로. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | audulentlyfray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fraudulentamente. (various references) | |
Romanian | prin mijloace necinstite. (various references) | |
Russian | обманом. (various references) | |
Spanish | fraudulentamente. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | обманним шляхом, по-шахрайському. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fraudulenter. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Fraudulently" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fraudulantly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fraudulently" (pronounced frô"duwluntlē) |
| 6 | -l u n t l ē | excellently, silently, violently, virulently. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, jointly, faintly, gently, intently, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-l-l-n-r-t-u-u-y" | |
-2 letters: fraudulent. | |
-3 letters: neutrally, tearfully, tunefully. | |
-4 letters: adultery, alderfly, ardently, artfully, dentally, dentural, feudally, flaunted, flaunter, fluently, lunately, lunulate, neurally, ruefully, ululated, unartful, underlay, undulate, unfurled, unreally. | |
-5 letters: adultly, alertly, allured, dareful, daunter, default, faulted, feudary, flaneur, flaunty, frenula, fullery, funeral, futural, landler, launder, laundry, lunated, lunulae, lunular, lurdane, lyrated, natured, neurula, neutral, refutal, rundlet. | |
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