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fraudulent (adj.)
early 15c., from Old French
fraudulent
, from Latin
fraudulentus
"cheating, deceitful, dishonest," from stem of
fraus
"deceit" (see
fraud
). Earlier was
fraudful
(c. 1400). The Old French word was
fraudios
. Related:
Fraudulently
.
