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.
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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 -
Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in June 2022.
— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023 -
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 -
Still, this is just the latest in a long line of dodges and evasion maneuvers that have pot marked the ISS’s history in orbit.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 22 Dec. 2022 -
In connection with the credit card purchases, both Misty and Kasey face five charges of theft and tax evasion.
— Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2024 -
With the new indictment, Weiss has now brought tax charges against Smirnov, including two counts of tax evasion and eight counts relating to making false statements in a return.
— Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024 -
She is also accused of tax evasion and allegedly owes $13.1 million in taxes.
— Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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