fraudulence

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.l(ə)ns/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.ləns/ Hyphenation: fraud‧u‧lence === Noun === fraudulence (countable and uncountable, plural fraudulences) The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness. Synonyms: duplicity, fraudulency, trickery; see also Thesaurus:deceit ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === fraud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia