mail fraud

collocation in English

meaningsofmailandfraud

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mail
noun
uk
/meɪl/us
/meɪl/
the letters, etc. that are sent to or from people, or the system for sending letters, etc. from place ...
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fraud
noun
uk
/frɔːd/us
/frɑːd/
the crime of getting money by ...
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(Definition ofmailandfraudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmail fraud

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He is no longer with us because he was convicted in 1987, and again in 1988, of racketeering,mailfraudand accepting bribes.
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He was acquitted on five other counts ofmailfraud.
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The charges included conspiracy, fraudulently inflating the value of security to a bank, bank fraud,mailfraudand wire fraud.
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The case concerned the definition of property under the federalmailfraudstatute.
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Weyrauch was charged with bribery, extortion, conspiracy andmailfraud.
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Four members of the bankrupt private bank were indicted formailfraudin connection with the failure of the business.
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He was indicted formailfraud, but later was acquitted.
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Radler was eventually charged with five counts ofmailfraudand two counts of wire fraud.
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Such segments ranged in date from the 1850s with stagecoach robberies to contemporary times with sophisticatedmailfraudcases.
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This conduct forms the basis for themailfraudconspiracy charged.
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In addition, the federal government once again indicted him formailfraud.
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During his attempt to recuperate from them, he was charged withmailfraud, but died before the case could be tried.
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The investigation ended with six of the accused pleading guilty to conspiracy andmailfraud, while the other two pleaded guilty to misprision of felony.
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The repetition of odometer tampering doesn't create amailfraud.
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The overall effect should be thatmailfraudcases will be won or lost at trial, he concluded.
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He read this chain of cross-references to explicitly permit criminal forfeiture for "general" mailfraud, not just formailfraudagainst financial institutions.
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He pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit bribery,mailfraud, wire fraud and tax evasion.
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Hand reasoned that conspiracy to commitmailfraudrequired a higher "mens rea" -- purpose instead of reasonable foreseeabilitythan the substantive crime ofmailfraud.
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