as in to defraud
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Welch faces up to 20 years in prison FAYETTEVILLE -- Two Florida residents who previously lived and ran a business in Northwest Arkansas pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to charges related to defrauding a federal pandemic relief program.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
28 Apr. 2025 -
Federal prosecutors say the former congressman exaggerated or fabricated large parts of his backstory to defraud voters and donors in New York's 3rd Congressional District.—
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2025
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This is important to make sure New York as a whole is not shortchanged and promotes fair representation and service allocations for all neighborhoods.—
Julie Menin,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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According to the Tribe’s attorneys, bank officials shortchanged the trust by picking safe investment strategies, shunning stocks in favor of less volatile but less lucrative money market accounts that didn’t always keep pace with inflation.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Clean (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clean%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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