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fraudulence

Fraudulence (noun) means the condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.

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The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
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Etymology

From Old French fraudulence, from Latin fraudulentia (“deceitfulness, disposition to defraud; fraudulence”), from fraudulentus (“deceitful, fraudulent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Fraudulentus is derived from fraus (“deceit, fraud”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew- (“to mislead”)) + -ulentus (“abounding in, full of”).

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"fraudulence" (noun) means the condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.

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