widespread fraud

collocation in English

meaningsofwidespreadandfraud

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widespread
adjective
uk
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us
/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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fraud
noun
uk
/frɔːd/us
/frɑːd/
the crime of getting money by ...
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(Definition ofwidespreadandfraudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That has always been an incipient problem with the postal voting system, but there is no evidence that that is awidespreadfraud.
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The overall picture was of awidespreadfraudgoing back over a period of years and in a number of jurisdictions.
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My other concern is the resultantwidespreadfraud.
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It raises wholly different questions of principle and shows thewidespreadfraudand irregularities in connection with the whole common agricultural policy relating to tobacco.
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So there is no evidence ofwidespreadfraud.
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First,widespreadfrauddeflects money from the people who really need it and contributes towards the poor image that most people associate with the scheme.
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It was convinced that there waswidespreadfraudand it did not have the staff to make the necessary checks.
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It is possible that there waswidespreadfraudat the last general election.
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That is a new category in the law—amazing evidence, not convincing evidence, of appalling andwidespreadfraud.
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There has beenwidespreadfraudand incompetence.
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In my experience such ballots have always been very well conducted and do not seem to have given rise towidespreadfraudor anything of that kind.
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The polls were marred by allegations ofwidespreadfraudand rigging.
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The writers concluded the possibility that the vote (was) not the product ofwidespreadfraudbut reflected the electorate's true choice.
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The elections were characterized bywidespreadfraudand rigging.
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Over 1,000,000 votes were cancelled, leading to accusations ofwidespreadfraud.
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The protesters claimed that the elections were accompanied by violations of the election legislation andwidespreadfraud.
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This approach considers whether the election results can be modeled accurately; if not, this could indicatewidespreadfraud(though it could also indicate an inadequate model).
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We have to bear in mind the great difficulties which have developed in recent times because of these widespread frauds.
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This is particularly so in the exposure of widespread frauds which have caused such grievous loss in recent years to thousands of small savers and insurers.
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