fraudulently
Through dishonest means
Fraudulently means in a manner involving deception or trickery for illegal or unfair gain.
Someone who fraudulently obtains money has deceived others to get it: He fraudulently claimed disability benefits while working full-time.
The word implies intentional dishonesty, not mere error or accident.
Cause false belief
- misleadCause false belief
- dishonestInclined to deceive
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
- falsifyDistort the truth
fabricate · misrepresent · prevaricate · untruthful · feigned · guile · artifice · deceitful
Fraudulent imitation
- forgedMade by smithing, or faked
- falsifiedMade deliberately inaccurate
- fakeNot the real thing
- fabricatedInvented, not real
doctored · altered · tampered · spurious · manipulated · adulterated · bootleg · knockoff
One feigning another's identity
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- pretenderIllegitimate claimant to power
catfish · grifter · poseur · impersonate · sham · quack · mountebank · fraudster
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- misappropriationWrongful taking of entrusted assets
- skimmingPassing lightly over
Fraudulent credential harvesting
- spoofingFraudulent imitation
- cybercrimeIllegal digital conduct
- deepfakeAI-manipulated video mimicry
- malwareHarmful computer programs
deceive
Cause false belief
- misleadCause false belief
- dishonestInclined to deceive
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
falsify · fabricate · misrepresent · prevaricate · untruthful · feigned · guile · artifice · deceitful · disingenuous
counterfeit
Fraudulent imitation
fabricated · doctored · altered · tampered · spurious · manipulated · adulterated · bootleg · knockoff · pirated
impostor
One feigning another's identity
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
pretender · catfish · grifter · poseur · impersonate · sham · quack · mountebank · fraudster · scammer
embezzlement
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- misappropriationWrongful taking of entrusted assets
- skimmingPassing lightly over
phishing
Fraudulent credential harvesting
- spoofingFraudulent imitation
- cybercrimeIllegal digital conduct
- deepfakeAI-manipulated video mimicry
- shady adverbsdishonestly, deceitfully, deceptively, sneakily, slyly
fraudulentlyhonestly
In a truthful manner
truthfully · sincerely · candidly · forthrightly · transparently
fraudulentlylegitimately
In a valid way
legally · lawfully · rightfully · validly · within the law
- fraudulent claimsDishonest assertions for gain
- fraudulent transactionsDishonest financial dealings
- fraudulent schemeDeceptive plan for gain
- fraudulent votingCasting illegal ballots
- fraudulent activityDeceptive illegal conduct
- fraudulent marriageUnion entered through deception