fraudulently
English
Etymology
From Middle English fraudulently; equivalent to fraudulent + -ly.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
fraudulently (comparative more fraudulently, superlative most fraudulently)
- In a fraudulent manner.
- 2017 January 26, Nate Cohn, “Illegal Voting Claims, and Why They Don’t Hold Up”, in The New York Times[1]:
- But there is one study that has been interpreted to suggest it is at least possible. It found that between 32,000 and 2.8 million noncitizen voters might have fraudulently cast ballots in the 2008 presidential election. The study, based on a survey of 38,000 people after that election, has been under fire since it was published in 2014.
Translations
in a fraudulent manner
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From fraudulent + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrau̯diu̯lɛntliː/, /ˈfrau̯dilɛntliː/
Adverb
fraudulently
Descendants
- English: fraudulently
References
- “fraudūlentlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 December 2018.