FRAUDULENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fraudulence mean? 

• FRAUDULENCE (noun)
  The noun FRAUDULENCE has 3 senses:

1. a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

2. the quality of being fraudulent

3. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

  Familiarity information: FRAUDULENCE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRAUDULENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fraudulent or duplicitous representation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

duplicity; fraudulence

Hypernyms ("fraudulence" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being fraudulent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

deceit; fraudulence

Hypernyms ("fraudulence" is a kind of...):

dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)

Derivation:

fraudulent (intended to deceive)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dupery; fraud; fraudulence; hoax; humbug; put-on

Hypernyms ("fraudulence" is a kind of...):

chicane; chicanery; guile; shenanigan; trickery; wile (the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fraudulence"):

goldbrick (anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless)

Derivation:

fraudulent (intended to deceive)