How to Use evasion in a Sentence

evasion

noun
  • They came up with an evasion of the law to keep all the land for themselves.
  • He was arrested for tax evasion.
  • His reply was nothing but careful evasions.
  • Kasey was charged with five counts of theft and four counts of tax evasion.
    — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Link has since pleaded guilty to his own case of tax evasion.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • There’s a lot of common dodges and evasions.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Kasey Noel was charged with five counts of theft and four counts of tax evasion.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Al Capone went to prison not for murder, but for tax evasion.
    — Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
  • Saint faces a maximum of five years in prison on the tax evasion charge.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2023
  • What guardrails will be put in place to limit avoidance and evasion?
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Third, crack down on fare evasion and use the money to help pay for free buses.
    — Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • That may sound like a small thing, but fare evasion is linked to crime on public transit.
    — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Use of this mode also tends to force pilots to take evasion action.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025
  • But the line between tax avoidance and tax evasion is often a grey one.
    — Nick Fountain, NPR, 27 May 2026
  • Trump loves to pardon folks who have been found guilty of financial fraud and tax evasion.
    — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2025
  • If true, the evasion flouts Internet norms in place for more than three decades.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Fare evasion emerged as a major focus of the letter.
    — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Cernea, who was charged as a co-conspirator in the tax evasion case, is still at large.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The only indictment against him was for tax evasion.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • The real sanction evasion, thought, takes place under the radar.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022
  • He was stripped of his heavyweight title, banned from boxing and faced five years in prison for draft evasion.
    — Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Justyn Arch has been charged with tax evasion and making false statements on a tax return.
    — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Todd and Julie Chrisley are speaking out about their bank fraud and tax evasion case.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2022
  • That's a very believable claim, and that's not really a tax evasion-like claim.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The duo was convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion charges in 2022.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 28 May 2025
  • Acevedo was sentenced in 2022 to six months in prison for tax evasion.
    — Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The comedian has been charged with 12 felony counts of tax evasion.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
  • After the 1994 season, he was charged with tax evasion.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • After the 1994 season, he was charged with tax evasion.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In 2012, Wirth was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for tax evasion.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 29 May 2021

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