different between unlawful vs fraudulent

English

Etymology

un- +? lawful

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??f?l

Adjective

unlawful (comparative more unlawful, superlative most unlawful)

1. (law) Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal).

   He was charged with unlawful use of a car.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f???.d??.l?nt/, /?f???.dj?.l?nt/, /?f???.d??.l?nt/, /?f???.dj?.l?nt/, /?f???d?.l?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??.d??.l?nt/, /?f??d?.l?nt/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?f??.d??.l?nt/, /?f??d?.l?nt/

Adjective

fraudulent (comparative more fraudulent, superlative most fraudulent)

1. Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
2. False, phony.

   He tried to pass a fraudulent check.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "fraudulent" is often applied: claim, practice, transfer, scheme, transaction, document, intent, misrepresentation, act, action, mortgage, check, conveyance, accounting, bankruptcy, reporting, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceptive
• See also Thesaurus:fake

Derived terms

• fraudulently

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fraudulentus.

Adjective

fraudulent (feminine fraudulenta, masculine plural fraudulents, feminine plural fraudulentes)

1. fraudulent

Derived terms

• fraudulentament

Related terms

• frau
• fraudulència

Further reading

• “fraudulent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fraudulent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fraudulent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fraudulent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fraudelent, ffraudulent

Etymology

From Middle French fraudulent, itself borrowed from Latin fraudulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?frau?diu?l?nt/, /?frau?dil?nt/

Adjective

fraudulent

1. Dishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud.
2. Necrotic, rotting; infected with or afflicted with gangrene.

Descendants

• English: fraudulent

References

• “fraude, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-06.