How to Use defraud in a Sentence

defraud

verb

• They were accused of trying to defraud the public.
• They conspired to defraud the government.
• She was convicted of writing bad checks with intent to defraud.
• The Times called more than a dozen women who had been defrauded by the group.
  — Isabelle Qian, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• Investors have said Kwon defrauded them in promoting the coins.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• Count One is for a conspiracy to defraud the United States.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023
• Creating a false business record with the intent to defraud is a Class A misdemeanor offense in New York.
  — Jeffrey Bellin, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2023
• For Stewart, the money defrauded was not the concern; rather, the safety of the people caught up in the swindle was her priority.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
• Now, Tony Berenyi must report to prison for what prosecutors say was a plan to defraud Nucor out of more than $2 million.
  — The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
• Trump has denied any intent to defraud insurers and lenders.
  — Ella Sherman, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
• Once trafficked into these scam compounds, they were held captive and forced to defraud people.
  — Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• Last year, Holmes was convicted on four counts of defrauding investors.
  — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
• Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million in loans.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
• In the 21 months since she was defrauded, Sharples has cycled between phases of suffering.
  — Michael Laris, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• In September 2021, a group of former NFL players pleaded guilty for their roles in defrauding the football league's health care plan.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2023
• In another, he is accused of defrauding customers of FTX and using their deposits to pay off the debts and expenses of Alameda.
  — Tracy Wang, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
• And they were charged with conspiracy to defraud the state by stealing voter data.
  — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Todd and Julie were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax fraud.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• He was convicted for defrauding investors, and was on the hook to repay his visitors $26 million.
  — Nancy Chen, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2023
• The indictment unsealed charged Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
• He was later sentenced to six years in federal prison for defrauding investors.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2023
• In another case, a man known as the Tinder Swindler is accused of defrauding victims of about $10 million using a similar scam as the one Counne is accused of.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2023
• One defrauded his school of up to a million dollars, including more than seven hundred thousand to buy a building in the name of a sham nonprofit.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• Holmes, who used to live in a $15 million mansion and fly in a private Theranos jet, is doing time in federal prison for defrauding investors.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
• On Wednesday, Doud, who was convicted last year of conspiring to distribute narcotics and defraud the United States, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison.
  — Colin Moynihan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
• In the end, McFarland, who defrauded investors out of millions while pitching the event, was imprisoned for two counts of wire fraud and ordered to repay $26 million to investors.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
• Twelve of the original 17 accused of defrauding the PPP loan program have pleaded guilty since their arrests in October.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
• People who believe they may have been defrauded with the allergy test scam are encouraged to visit this Department of Justice’s web page about the case here.
  — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
• Falsifying business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime is a felony in New York.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2023
• The four men were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the United States and deliver misbranded drugs, according to court records, and will be sentenced in October.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024