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Corrupt leaders were chosen in a fraudulent election.
fraudulent use of a credit card
the victim of a fraudulent scheme
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Wakefield’s research was found to be fraudulent and conducted with money from lawyers suing vaccine manufacturers; he was stripped of his medical license.
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Eleanor Menzin, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
The treasure trove of information is valuable to scammers who want to open a fraudulent credit card or account in your name.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
To meet excessive sales goals, thousands of Wells Fargo’s Community Bank employees opened millions of unauthorized or fraudulent accounts and other financial products from 2002 to 2016.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2025
In a post on social media, Xia Zhimin, a doctor at Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, compared data from the trials of original drugs with those of the same drugs in generic form and found too many similarities, raising questions about whether the data was fraudulent, Dr. Xia said.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Eleanor Menzin, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
The treasure trove of information is valuable to scammers who want to open a fraudulent credit card or account in your name.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
To meet excessive sales goals, thousands of Wells Fargo’s Community Bank employees opened millions of unauthorized or fraudulent accounts and other financial products from 2002 to 2016.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2025
In a post on social media, Xia Zhimin, a doctor at Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, compared data from the trials of original drugs with those of the same drugs in generic form and found too many similarities, raising questions about whether the data was fraudulent, Dr. Xia said.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Fraudulent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraudulent. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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fraudulent
adjective
fraud·u·lent
ˈfrȯ-jə-lənt 
: based on or done by fraud
fraudulently
adverb
fraudulentness
noun
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