To draw the proud King Ahab into fraud.
Milton.
Constructive fraud (Law), an act, statement, or omission which operates
as a fraud, although perhaps not intended to be such. Mozley & W. --
Pious fraud (Ch. Hist.), a fraud contrived and executed to benefit the
church or accomplish some good end, upon the theory that the end
justified the means. -- Statute of frauds (Law), an English statute
(1676), the principle of which is incorporated in the legislation of
all the States of this country, by which writing with specific
solemnities (varying in the several statutes) is required to give
efficacy to certain dispositions of property. Wharton.
Syn. -- Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife;
circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See Deception.
Fraud"ful (?), a. Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; trickish;
treacherous; fraudulent; -- applied to persons or things. I. Taylor.
-- Fraud"ful*ly, adv.
Fraud"less, a. Free from fraud. -- Fraud"less*ly, adv. --
Fraud"less*ness, n.
{ Fraud"u*lence (?; 135), Fraud"u*len*cy (?) }, n. [L. fraudulentia.]
The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness.
Hooker.
Fraud"u*lent (?), a. [L. fraudulentus, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf.
F. fraudulent.] 1. Using fraud; tricky; deceitful; dishonest.
2. Characterized by, founded on, or proceeding from, fraud; as, a
fraudulent bargain.
He, with serpent tongue, . . . His fraudulent temptation thus
began.
Milton.