fraudulently

adv

Etymology: From Middle English fraudulently; equivalent to fraudulent + -ly.

1. In a fraudulent manner.

   “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.”