| 单词 | fraudulence |
| 释义 | fraudulence (once / 223006 pages) n Fraudulence is the action or quality of cheating, lying, or deceiving someone. The fraudulence of an election might trigger a recount, or even an entirely new election. Fraudulence is telling lies or hoaxing people in some way. One example of fraudulence might be pretending to be a police officer, and another is claiming to have the ability to communicate with people who have died, especially if you're taking money from relatives who hope to send them messages. Fraudulence comes from the Latin fraudulentia, from fraus, "cheating or deceit." WORD FAMILYfraudulent: fraudulence, fraudulenter, fraudulently USAGE EXAMPLESThe consulting firm that eventually hired him was forever asking him to exhibit confidence when, in his view, confidence was a sign of fraudulence. Slate(Dec 06, 2016) In pop music, fraudulence is only offensive if you uphold freakiness as the most reliable measure of honesty. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) It is a moment of fraudulence that resonates deeply for any women or men who fear what people might say when their backs are turned. New York Times(Oct 08, 2016) 1n the quality of being fraudulent Syn|Hyper deceit dishonesty the quality of being dishonest 2n something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage Syn|Hypo|Hyper dupery, fraud, hoax, humbug, put-on goldbrick anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) 3n a fraudulent or duplicitous representation Syn|Hyper duplicity deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood |
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