How to Use fraudulent in a Sentence
fraudulent
adjective- Corrupt leaders were chosen in a fraudulent election.
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No money was lost as the transaction was flagged as fraudulent.
—Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
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Courts have repeatedly rejected claims of fraudulent or rigged elections.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
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Perhaps the greatest disservice to vaccination has been the fraudulent claim that childhood vaccines cause autism.
—Gary Simon, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2023
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Of those, there were 40 cases that involved the kind of fraudulent voting of the type banned everywhere, such as voter impersonation.
—Matt Mencarini, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
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Despite his retreat from the streets, Mr. Rondón admires those who continue to stand up against the government’s fraudulent claims of victory.
—Mie Hoejris Dahl, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2024
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There are many standards for measuring what equates to a ton of removed carbon, and several high-profile examples of projects that either burned up in wildfires themselves or were outright fraudulent.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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Schmoke says that claims that the book was fraudulent stung Moore.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 18 July 2023
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Officials charged the six suspects with at least 50 fraudulent rentals and thefts.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
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As further proof of the scam, her credit card statement showed what appeared to be $2,000 in fraudulent charges.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
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Bug zappers are one of the favorite products of fraudulent seller farms.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2024
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That’s all the information a thief needs to create new checks and make fraudulent payments.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
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The resident notified the IRS that the filing was fraudulent.
—Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2023
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The city rejects the vast majority of claims, some of which officials say are fraudulent, but claimants may appeal in court.
—St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2023
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But the Trump team argued Monday night that the president was not in the position to deceive anyone about whether the election was fraudulent.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
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If Beard does strike this deal, she will be forced to repay all the proceeds obtained through her fraudulent schemes and surrender any of the assets acquired as a result.
—Mario Abad, Robb Report, 31 May 2023
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The department’s woes worsened when a state audit found that at least $10 billion in claims paid by the state were fraudulent (that figure later grew to at least $20 billion).
—Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
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According to data shared by the company, the amount of fraudulent ad requests from the schemes taking place now has completely dropped off.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
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It was augmented by a fraudulent 1998 paper tying the MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) vaccine to autism.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
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Checks are largely governed by state law through the Uniform Commercial Code, which gives consumers up to a year to inform their bank of a fraudulent or altered check.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
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However, Riley sued the company, claiming that the note was forged and fraudulent.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
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In the eight months since Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, the platform has increasingly been home to fraudulent accounts.
—WIRED, 26 July 2023
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He is being charged for a failure to file and pay taxes, evasion of assessment, false or fraudulent tax return, and failure to file and pay taxes.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
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The indictment charges him with failure to file and pay taxes, evasion of assessment and filing a false or fraudulent tax return.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
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The suspects used the licenses for fraudulent purchases or sold them on the underground market.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
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These four audio clips were found to be of Nate Libby, a dockside worker who later pleaded guilty to making a fraudulent Mayday call.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2023
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This bonding moment proves memorable, thanks to a fraudulent twist.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
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Earlier, Keeling was sentenced to 90 days in jail and four years of probation in March for fraudulent schemes and drug possession.
—Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
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And there’s no evidence that those states are more likely to have fraudulent elections because of their return window.
—Ashley Lopez, NPR, 6 June 2024
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According to his plea agreement, Chavez diverted ketamine from his former ketamine clinic and submitted a fraudulent prescription in the name of an unwitting former patient.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
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