fraudulence

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Recent Examples of fraudulence If fraudulence signals are shared across departments, a candidate who bypassed one check could be caught by another. Casey Marquette, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Against his mother’s advice, John Jr. dug into the family lore, unearthing all manner of fraudulence—enough to inspire this book. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025 Don Draper is his own brand of sad dad: the ’60s family patriarch whose existential crisis sends him bouncing between absurd heights of self-confidence and heartbreaking lows of absolute fraudulence. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Apr. 2025 Despite Tartuffe's obvious fraudulence, Orgon remains blind to his faults. Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fraudulence
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Noun
  • There was some physicality – McAvoy absolutely buried Peyton Krebs off the hop – but little post-whistle chicanery.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Just typical power-grabbing Idaho lawmaker chicanery, right?
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Whether those suspicions were valid or a result of subterfuge by Connelly, the Nuggets ultimately traded up six spots to draft Holmes, sacrificing three future second-round picks.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Including some subterfuge in this case.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Her lawyers, Giuseppe Iannaccone and Marcello Bana, have denied there was a case of grand larceny, which would include fraud and swindling.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Obviously, the city knew that people would see through its trickery.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Now, there is a little bit of trickery being employed here.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • One result of the existing system is that vote tabulations in California go on for weeks, something that frustrates the public and the media, and, in the current atmosphere, helps fuel suspicion of electoral skullduggery.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The selection was announced by SMS to Iranians, among whom Mojtaba Khamenei has long had a reputation for skullduggery and power plays.
    Kay Armin Serjoie, Time, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This week, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Pam Bondi gave a master class in obfuscation, prevarication, and pettiness.
    John Ficarra, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There was no picture, there was no drawing, there has been so many lies, so much prevarication, so much cover up.
    John Parkinson, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Diplomacy and the pragmatic duplicity that sometimes accompanies it are ingrained at every level of Iran’s political class.
    Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • For some, the implications of duplicity and obscured identity in the line could well apply to its author—and thereby hangs a tale.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The definition of a lying, scumbag politician –– that is you.
    Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Among the many rules at Augusta National — no cell phones, no booing, no lying in the grass — patrons are not allowed to run.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

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“Fraudulence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraudulence. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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