fraudulent

5 definitions • 6 examples

dishonest and illegal:

fraudulent claim A worrying trend for insurers has been a rise in fraudulent claims.

intended to deceive:

They claim that the fall in unemployment is based on a fraudulent manipulation of statistics.

not what it claims or pretends to be:

fraudulent advertising

intended to deceive people for the purpose of obtaining money or property:

There’s been a rise in fraudulent insurance claims.

intended to deceive someone, for example, to get money:

They thought I might try to collect insurance on a fraudulent claim.

For a charge of fraudulent trading to succeed, dishonesty would first have to be proved.