fraudulent

Example Sentences

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Imagine if your credit-card company declined every 10th transaction, reviewed and approved them only if you called, and then determined that more than half of the charges were not fraudulent at all.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

It said it found the money not being spent how it was intended, was down to "poor skills and understanding" on managing public funds, "rather than any deliberate misinformation or fraudulent activity".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

More than two dozen Iraqi banks, many with close ties to the militias, were banned in 2023 and 2024 by the Treasury for siphoning off dollars from Iraq’s Fed accounts, using fraudulent wire transfers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Brian Darr, a senior forensic engineer for Quality Forensics who has been investigating insurance claims for more than 16 years, said it’s often not that difficult to determine whether a claim is fraudulent.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

This becomes clearer if you assume the point of view of a knowing practitioner of fraudulent medicine.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos