bogus charity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbogusandcharity
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bogus
adjective
uk/ˈbəʊ.ɡəs/us/ˈboʊ.ɡəs/
false, not real, or ...
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charity
noun
uk/ˈtʃær.ə.ti/us/ˈtʃer.ə.t̬i/
an organization whose purpose is to give money, food, or help to those who need it, or to carry out activities such as medical research that will help people in need, and not to make ...
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(Definition ofbogusandcharityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Another case is submitted to me of two ladies who are running aboguscharity.
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Bilko hires the cook to impersonate the colonel, so he can cheat the other officers in aboguscharityeffort.
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The only reason there are so many bogus charities to-day is that the police have not got the power with which to prevent these collections.
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He thinks that bogus charities would crop up or increase in number.
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A number of people have set up bogus charities and the problem is that such activities may be on the increase.
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Legislation is needed to deal with the small number of bogus charities and dishonest fund-raisers who harm the image of charities in general.
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There is plenty of trouble already with bogus charities; we do not want to give one more opening to them.
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I wish to make it clear that we fully support the objective of stamping out bogus charities, and we accept the need for anti-avoidance provisions.
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He will find that the question of bogus charities is fully dealt with.
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These mushroom, bogus charities are already cropping up.
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Donations may be anonymous and, because payments can only be made to genuine registered charities, the account prevents account holders from accidentally donating to bogus charities.
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