fraudolento

fraudulent, deceitful

adjective frow-doh-LEN-toh Rare

Origin: From Latin 'fraudulentus', from 'fraus' (fraud, deceit).

Usage Note

Fraudolento follows the four-form pattern: fraudolento / fraudolenta / fraudolenti / fraudolente. It is used in legal and formal contexts: dichiarazione fraudolenta, bancarotta fraudolenta. In informal speech Italians more often say truffaldino or disonesto.

Examples

"Il contratto si è rivelato fraudolento."

Natural Translation

The contract turned out to be fraudulent.

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