How to Use defraud in a Sentence

defraud

verb

• They were accused of trying to defraud the public.
• They conspired to defraud the government.
• She was convicted of writing bad checks with intent to defraud.
• This is a scheme to defraud the voters of the Third District in New York.
  — CBS News, 15 Jan. 2023
• The wire fraud charge stemmed from Hull’s use of email to defraud his customers.
  — Christian Martinez Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2022
• The Times called more than a dozen women who had been defrauded by the group.
  — Isabelle Qian, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• Cullen is in the process of trying to prove to Navient that her school defrauded her.
  — Annie Nova, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2024
• But the list doesn’t include the sites that appeared to defraud Jenkins and Gochenour.
  — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022
• Roberts asked if McCreight did so with the intent to defraud.
  — al, 27 Jan. 2022
• In May of last year, Clifton was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for his part in the scheme to defraud Tricare.
  — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2022
• They are each charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the IRS and five counts of tax evasion.
  — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
• All three have been charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the IRS and five counts of tax evasion.
  — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
• Bannon pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree scheme to defraud.
  — Adam Reiss,dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
• The two complaints do not name the people Bell is accused of defrauding and do not say what sports the athletes played, or when.
  — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 10 Dec. 2024
• Archer was sentenced last month to more than a year in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud a native American tribe.
  — Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
• All the charges stem from an alleged wide-ranging scheme that sought to defraud victims of more than $6 million.
  — Amir Vera and Eric Levenson, CNN, 15 July 2022
• In May 2017, Melngailis pleaded guilty to grand larceny, tax fraud, and a scheme to defraud.
  — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 16 Mar. 2022
• They are each charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, a felony.
  — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 8 Nov. 2021
• Boeing was charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the FAA.
  — Doug Cameron, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2021
• A few years later, Donalds had pleaded guilty to a felony bribery charge for his role in a plot to defraud a bank—the charge was later expunged.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 4 Jan. 2023
• Mendez pleaded guilty in April to wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• In and , he is charged with trying to defraud the American people out of electing the president of their choice.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• Holmes faces two counts of conspiracy to defraud investors and patients and 10 counts of wire fraud.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 1 Sep. 2021
• The prosecution must prove that Holmes had an intent to defraud.
  — NBC News, 30 Nov. 2021
• Bragg claims that Trump did so in order to conceal other attempts to defraud voters in the final days of the election.
  — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
• But the system is in shambles, and weak oversight has enabled guardians to abuse, neglect and defraud the very people they are supposed to care for.
  — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2024
• But the system is in shambles, and weak oversight has enabled guardians to abuse, neglect and defraud the very people they are supposed to care for.
  — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 30 Apr. 2024
• Durham has not charged anyone with conspiring to defraud the government or a court.
  — The Editors, National Review, 15 Feb. 2022
• As outlined above, Santos has lied, deceived, and defrauded for years.
  — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2025
• Frank, the new poster child for fintech fraud after her conviction for defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million.
  — Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025