defraud
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Four people have been arrested during a dawn raid on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud following an investigation into the government's botched home insulation scheme.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
But the jury absolved Musk of “engaging in a scheme to defraud Twitter investors.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
In the indictment, prosecutors accused her of engaging in a scheme to defraud investors starting around November 2020.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
“This diminished capacity will send bad actors the message that there will not be enough cops on the beat if they attempt to defraud or exploit our commodity and derivative markets,” Schiff says.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
I’d just have to prove that they were using the telegraph company to defraud.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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