How to Use evasion in a Sentence

evasion

noun
  • They came up with an evasion of the law to keep all the land for themselves.
  • He was arrested for tax evasion.
  • His reply was nothing but careful evasions.
  • Kasey was charged with five counts of theft and four counts of tax evasion.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Kasey Noel was charged with five counts of theft and four counts of tax evasion.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The move is part of the IRS’ broader shift to focus more on high-end tax evasion.
    Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Saint faces a maximum of five years in prison on the tax evasion charge.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Link has since pleaded guilty to his own case of tax evasion.
    Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Al Capone went to prison not for murder, but for tax evasion.
    Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
  • In June 2022, Todd and Julie were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Those evasions may be simply to get over the finish line.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Acevedo was sentenced in 2022 to six months in prison for tax evasion.
    Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
  • At the time, a court had just approved his extradition back to the U.S. to face tax evasion charges.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2022
  • In 1989, Rose was banned from baseball and the following year, served five months in prison for tax evasion.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Todd and Julie Chrisley are speaking out about their bank fraud and tax evasion case.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Tax evasion is punishable by up to five years in prison.
    Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer, 3 Aug. 2022
  • In October of that year, Brockman was charged with 39 counts of tax evasion and wire fraud.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 24 May 2022
  • And as Sam Bankman-Fried would tell you, there’s a hell of a market for bankruptcy court evasion.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The real sanction evasion, thought, takes place under the radar.
    Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022
  • In June 2022, Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
  • Ultimately, the club’s founders, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, were found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison.
    Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 21 July 2023
  • Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone goes to prison for tax evasion.
    Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022
  • He was stripped of his heavyweight title, banned from boxing and faced five years in prison for draft evasion.
    Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in June 2022.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • Viya, whose real name is Huang Wei, was fined $210 million this week for tax evasion.
    NBC News, 22 Dec. 2021
  • They were also recently charged with tax evasion in their home state of Georgia, but were cleared of the charges.
    Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2022
  • He was then named as a suspect in another tax evasion case in 2018.
    Quartz, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Smirnov has agreed to plead guilty to charges of tax evasion and causing a false FBI record, according to court papers.
    arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Sorrentino pled guilty to one count of tax evasion in January 2018, and his brother Marc pled guilty to one count of aiding in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return.
    Diane J. Cho, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • In November 2023, Shakira settled her tax evasion suit with the Spanish authorities.
    Gerardo Lemos, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025

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