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fraudulent

adj
/ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.lənt//ˈfɹɒd͡ʒ.ə.lənt/CA

Etymology

From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”).

  1. derived from fraudulentus
  2. derived from fraudulent
  3. inherited from fraudulent

Definitions

  1. Dishonest

    Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.

    • One writer gravely assures us that Maurice of Saxony learned all his fraudulent policy from that execrable volume [The Prince].

  2. False, phony.

    • He tried to pass a fraudulent check.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fraudulent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01fraudulent02false03premises04built05well-built06constructed07artificial08fake

A definitional loop anchored at fraudulent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at fraudulent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA