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
  • 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
  • Investors have said Kwon defrauded them in promoting the coins.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Other young people are lured with offers of employment in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, where their passports are taken away and they’re ordered to work defrauding people online.
    Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Common techniques used to defraud businesses include: • Business email compromise, whether through impersonation or account takeover.
    David Culbertson, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

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