breach of trust

collocation in English

meaningsofbreachandtrust

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breach
noun[C]
uk
/briːtʃ/us
/briːtʃ/
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, ...
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trust
noun
uk
/trʌst/us
/trʌst/
the belief that you can trust someone ...
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(Definition ofbreachandtrustfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Obviously, there has been abreachoftrust.
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He was convicted ofbreachoftrustcommitted during his mayoral tenure and served time in prison.
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But what thus began as abreachoftrusthas now become the accepted and lawful practice.
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You know you said where there was no confidence, there was nobreachoftrust.
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This can be through theft,breachoftrust, or mistake.
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If the property was transferred throughbreachoftrust, it will not be necessary to establish such a relationship, because it already exists.
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She thought her husband was probably avoiding taxes, but did not know it was assisting inbreachoftrust.
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He was charged with five counts of municipal corruption, two charges ofbreachoftrust, and five counts of accepting a secret commission.
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The indictment includes the following counts: obtaining by fraud under aggravating circumstances, fraud,breachoftrust, falsifying corporate documents, and tax evasion.
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All five face multiple charges of criminalbreachoftrust, while three face multiple charges of falsifying accounts of the church.
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