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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Investors have said Kwon defrauded them in promoting the coins.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• Count One is for a conspiracy to defraud the United States.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023
• Any of those things could suffice for conspiracy to defraud the United States.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 June 2022
• Creating a false business record with the intent to defraud is a Class A misdemeanor offense in New York.
  — Jeffrey Bellin, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2023
• For Stewart, the money defrauded was not the concern; rather, the safety of the people caught up in the swindle was her priority.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
• Now, Tony Berenyi must report to prison for what prosecutors say was a plan to defraud Nucor out of more than $2 million.
  — The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
• Kingston’s other charges are linked to defrauding banks and writing bad checks, according to TMZ.
  — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
• Trump has denied any intent to defraud insurers and lenders.
  — Ella Sherman, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
• Once trafficked into these scam compounds, they were held captive and forced to defraud people.
  — Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• Last year, Holmes was convicted on four counts of defrauding investors.
  — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
• Carlos Watson, a co-founder of the now-defunct company Ozy Media, was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders.
  — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Jan 2025