(n.) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.
(n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo.
(n.) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment.
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Fraudulent
Definition:
(a.) Using fraud; trickly; deceitful; dishonest.
(a.) Characterized by,, founded on, or proceeding from, fraund; as, a fraudulent bargain.
(a.) Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest.
Example Sentences:
(1) YouTube has always audited videos in an effort to try to spot inflated counts, but the company is now stepping up its efforts according to Pfeiffenberger: "While in the past we would scan views for spam immediately after they occurred, starting today we will periodically validate the video’s view count, removing fraudulent views as new evidence comes to light.
(2) The Guardian recently revealed that the Danish government had been forced, on the eve of the Copenhagen summit , to rush through an emergency law making it impossible for criminal gangs to reclaim huge amounts of VAT on fraudulent trades they were making on Europe's various carbon exchanges.
(3) If a contactless card is used fraudulently, consumers are fully protected against any losses and will not be left out of pocket, the association has said.
(4) Like his wind turbine though, discreetly taken down some months later, many people are now concluding that Cameron's promise to lead the " greenest government ever " was little more than a fraudulent gimmick, a PR stunt from a man schooled in the PR industry.
(5) Belgium may seek compensation over the €4.5m (£3.2m) spent on its unsuccessful 2018 World Cup bid if Fifa’s decision to award the finals to Russia is found to be fraudulent.
(6) "What we do is we take them to court when they are fraudulently claiming the wrong benefits.
(7) The company said there was evidence that the information had been used for fraudulent transactions.
(8) The Trading Standards Institute has said the discovery of such high levels of horse meat suggests "deliberate fraudulent activity".
(9) A corrupt group of officials expropriated his fund, Hermitage Capital, and used it to make a fraudulent tax claim.
(10) "I have been, and still am, pained by what I and my family are facing from fraudulent campaigns and unfounded allegations that seek to harm my reputation, my integrity and my military and political record."
(11) Part of the growth is coming as fraudsters are moving away from a small number of hot spot locations to a much wider footprint.” In the past the north-west – particularly Manchester – had been the focal point for the fraudulent claims but partly as a result of the number of successful prosecutions there, fraudsters have now moved on.
(12) The dire performance of a £3bn contract to upgrade NHS computer systems had been "fraudulently concealed" from investors in American IT contractor Computer Sciences Corporation for years, according to a class action claim being brought by angry shareholders.
(13) Maduro narrowly won elections in April over Capriles, who claims the victory was fraudulent.
(14) Because supply chains are so long and processors use subcontractors to supply meat when the volume of orders changes dramatically at short notice, it is all too easy for mislabelled, poorer quality, or downright fraudulent meat to be substituted for what is specified in big abattoirs and processing plants.
(15) Academic misconduct entails fraudulent behavior involving some form of deception whereby one's work or the work of others is misrepresented.
(16) Fraudulent articles and errors lead, at best, to misunderstandings and, at worst, to dire consequences in the treatment of patients.
(17) However, it appears that the unit has attracted some individuals who are not completely truthful and have given fraudulent accounts to investigators.
(18) HG, Doncaster, South Yorks It turns out that the account was, after all, fraudulent and EE says that it has now finally contacted you to explain.
(19) Industry sources also suggested to the Observer that gangs operating in Russia and the Baltic states were playing a role in the fraudulent meat trade.
(20) We believe the primary purpose of this was not to steal customer information but was criminal activity to acquire new handsets fraudulently.” Three said it was continuing to work with law enforcement agencies, and as a precaution additional security measures had been placed on customer accounts.