Fraudulence

Definitions

The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I ſuppoſe ſome of my friends, to whom I read⟳ the firſt part, gave notice⟳ of my deſign, and, perhaps, ſold the treacherous intelligence at a higher price than the fraudulence of trade⟳ will now allow⟳ me for my book.”

“We should therefore not make⟳ too much of the fraudulence of all that on-screen wailing. Just because North Korean TV never films anything before rehearsing all spontaneity out of it does not mean⟳ the average citizen was unmoved.”

“Among other fraudulences, Enron perfected the art of “mark⟳ to market” accounting, tagging mere estimates of future profits as actual on-the-books assets.”

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