Fraudulence — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

the quality of being fraudulent

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɹˈɔːdʒuːləns/

🇬🇧British English

/fɹˈɔːdjʊləns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɹˈɔːdjʊləns/

3 syllables Say it as /fɹˈɔːdʒuːləns/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hoax humbug fraud put-on duplicity dupery deceit

Word Forms

duplicitous	adjective	marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; - Israel Zangwill; ; - W.M.Thackeray
fraudulent	adjective	intended to deceive; ; ; - S.T.Coleridge
dupe	verb	fool or hoax
hoax	verb	subject to a playful hoax or joke
humbug	verb	trick or deceive
put on	verb	fool or hoax

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Betrug

eine betrügerische oder doppelzüngige Darstellung

🇫🇷French

fraude

une représentation frauduleuse ou trompeuse

🇪🇸Spanish

fraude

una representación fraudulenta o engañosa

🇮🇹Italian

frode

una rappresentazione fraudolenta o duplice

🇳🇱Dutch

bedrog

een frauduleuze of dubbelhartige voorstelling

🇵🇹Portuguese

fraude

uma representação fraudulenta ou dúbia

🇷🇺Russian

мошенничество

мошенническое или двуличное представление

India

🇮🇳Hindi

छल

एक कपटपूर्ण या दोहरावपूर्ण प्रतिनिधित्व

🇧🇩Bengali

জালিয়াতি

একটি প্রতারণামূলক বা ডুপ্লিসিটাস উপস্থাপনা

🇮🇳Tamil

மோசடி

ஒரு மோசடி அல்லது போலியான பிரதிநிதித்துவம்

🇮🇳Telugu

మోసం

ఒక మోసపూరిత లేదా నకిలీ ప్రాతినిధ్యం

🇮🇳Marathi

फसवणूक

एक फसवे किंवा डुप्लिसीट प्रतिनिधित्व

🇮🇳Gujarati

કપટ

કપટી અથવા ડુપ્લિકેટસ રજૂઆત

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಂಚನೆ

ಮೋಸದ ಅಥವಾ ನಕಲಿ ಪ್ರಾತಿನಿಧ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വഞ്ചന

വഞ്ചനാപരമായ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഇരട്ട പ്രാതിനിധ്യം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਧੋਖਾਧੜੀ

ਇੱਕ ਧੋਖਾਧੜੀ ਜਾਂ ਦੋਹਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਨਿਧਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

دھوکہ دہی

ایک دھوکہ دہی یا نقلی نمائندگی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

欺诈

欺诈或口是心非的陈述

🇯🇵Japanese

詐欺

詐欺的または二重の表現

🇰🇷Korean

기만

사기성 또는 이중 표현

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự lừa đảo

một đại diện gian lận hoặc trùng lặp

🇹🇭Thai

การฉ้อโกง

การแสดงที่ฉ้อโกงหรือซ้ำซ้อน

🇮🇩Indonesian

kecurangan

representasi yang curang atau bermuka dua

🇵🇭Filipino

panloloko

isang mapanlinlang o duplicit na representasyon

🇲🇾Malay

penipuan

representasi penipuan atau pendua

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الاحتيال

تمثيل احتيالي أو مزدوج

🇮🇷Persian

تقلب

یک نمایندگی تقلبی یا دوگانه

🇹🇷Turkish

sahtekârlık

sahte veya ikiyüzlü beyan

🇮🇱Hebrew

הוֹנָאָה

ייצוג הונאה או כפול

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