- characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- given to or using fraud, as a person; cheating; dishonest.
- false or deceiving; phony; misleading: They’ve concocted a series of fraudulent pretexts for the invasion that collapse instantly on examination.
- acting with or having the intent to deceive
- relating to or proceeding from fraud or dishonest action
