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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in June 2022.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • 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
  • Ja Rule was released from prison in May 2013 after serving two years on gun and tax evasion charges.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • About 800 new cops were assigned to transit in March as part of a new initiative to crack down on fare evasion.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • Rose also spent five months in prison after pleading to tax evasion charges in 1990.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In 2013, Fat Joe served his own three-month sentence in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The company and Weisselberg were charged in July 2021 with more than a dozen counts of fraud and tax evasion.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022
  • But more than half the money will be devoted to cracking down on tax evasion.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Shunned by the West, Russia was for a time able to redirect its oil exports to Asia and adopt sanction evasion schemes.
    Michael Schwirtz Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • After a three-week trial last year, Todd and Julie were found guilty on federal charges of bank fraud and tax evasion.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Hunter Biden was scheduled to be sentenced for his federal gun charges on Dec. 12 and his federal tax evasion charges on Dec. 16.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The owner of a Connecticut tree service business was sentenced to seven months in federal prison for tax evasion.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2024

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