fraudulent

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Passing a poll with a sample like that off as a representative sample of the country is absolutely fraudulent, which is what the entire State-Controlled Media has become.

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  1. adjective Engaging in fraud; deceitful.
  2. adjective Characterized by, constituting, or gained by fraud: fraudulent business practices.

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  • I think your statement is fraudulent, and, even more sad, ignorant. —  CNN Political Ticker
  • That relationship was fraudulent, the lawsuit said. —  InvestmentNews.com Latest Headlines
  • However, you are right: that doesn't mean that all faith systems are fraudulent -- there's another line of reasoning that demonstrates they are based on a very specious foundation (faith itself, as opposed to evidence based reasoning). —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • "The elections were fraudulent, there was multiple voting," Chirtoaca, who is also the deputy leader of the opposition Liberal Party, said on Realitatea TV. —  Salon
  • The FBI is warning that e-mails naming recipients as nominees to appear on the "Oprah Millionaire Contest Show" are fraudulent, a scam if you will. —  Breaking News - The Post Chronicle
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus, fraud-, deceit.

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  1. from Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, = Spanish Portuguese frandulento = Italian fraudolente, fraudolento, from L, fraudulentus, cheating, fraudulent, from fraus (fraud-), fraud.
 

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