fraudulence

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fraudulence
    n 1: a fraudulent or duplicitous representation [syn:
         {fraudulence}, {duplicity}]
    2: the quality of being fraudulent [syn: {fraudulence},
       {deceit}]
    3: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended
       to gain an advantage [syn: {fraud}, {fraudulence}, {dupery},
       {hoax}, {humbug}, {put-on}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fraudulence \Fraud"u*lence\ (?; 135), Fraudulency
\Fraud"u*len*cy\, n. [L. fraudulentia.]
   The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit;
   trickishness. --Hooker.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "fraudulence":
      ballot-box stuffing, bunco, cardsharping, cheat, cheating,
      corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, cozenage, criminality,
      crookedness, deviousness, diddle, diddling, dishonesty, dishonor,
      dodge, evasiveness, feloniousness, fishy transaction, flam,
      flimflam, fraud, fraudulency, gerrymandering, graft, grift, gyp,
      gyp joint, illicit business, imposition, imposture, improbity,
      indirection, racket, scam, shadiness, shiftiness, slipperiness,
      swindle, trickiness, unconscientiousness, underhandedness,
      unsavoriness, unscrupulousness, unstraightforwardness

    

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