fraudulence

English Thesaurus

1. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (noun.act)

hypernym	:	chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile,
definition	:	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	goldbrick,
definition	:	anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless (noun.act)

2. the quality of being fraudulent (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	dishonesty,
definition	:	the quality of being dishonest (noun.attribute)

3. a fraudulent or duplicitous representation (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	deceit, deception, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)

4. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (noun.act)

derivation	:	befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in,
definition	:	fool or hoax (verb.communication)

derivation	:	hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg,
definition	:	subject to a playful hoax or joke (verb.social)

derivation	:	humbug,
definition	:	trick or deceive (verb.social)

derivation	:	deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent, deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent,
definition	:	intended to deceive (adj.all)

5. a fraudulent or duplicitous representation (noun.communication)

derivation	:	ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, janus-faced, two-faced,
definition	:	marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another (adj.all)

6. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (noun.act)

derivation	:	befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in,
definition	:	fool or hoax (verb.communication)

derivation	:	hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg,
definition	:	subject to a playful hoax or joke (verb.social)

derivation	:	humbug,
definition	:	trick or deceive (verb.social)

derivation	:	deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent, deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent,
definition	:	intended to deceive (adj.all)

7. a fraudulent or duplicitous representation (noun.communication)

derivation	:	ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, janus-faced, two-faced,
definition	:	marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another (adj.all)