Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fraudulence
3 senses of fraudulence
Sense 1
fraudulence, duplicity -- (a fraudulent or duplicitous representation)
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception -- (a misleading falsehood)
Sense 2
fraudulence, deceit -- (the quality of being fraudulent)
=> dishonesty -- (the quality of being dishonest)
Sense 3
fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on -- (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
=> trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan -- (the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))