How to Use fraud in a Sentence

fraud

noun
  • He was found guilty of bank fraud.
  • He was the victim of an elaborate fraud.
  • He claimed he was a licensed psychologist, but he turned out to be a fraud.
  • The UFO picture was proved to be a fraud.
  • But even fraud is cut and dried.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Be aware that fraud comes in all sizes.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Does that reduce your fraud cost?
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Such was the case with the issue of phone fraud.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And by the way, look, the fraud’s real.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 11 Jan. 2026
  • And by the way, look, the fraud's real.
    — NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Let’s start with mortgage fraud.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Irizarry said the claims of fraud don't bother him.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Brown is serving her first term and faces felony fraud charges.
    — Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • No voting or any other kind of fraud.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • No voting or any other kind of fraud.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Voters are worried about the midterms and risks of fraud.
    — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2026
  • The dismissal of the wire fraud count could have scuttled that case.
    — City News Service, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
  • And if fraud wasn’t the real reason for those changes, what was?
    — Jay Bookman, CNN, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Vote fraud doesn’t just mean people voting who shouldn’t.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • But addiction fraud doesn’t look like that.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
  • All of them are committing fraud.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026
  • This is no longer artisanal fraud.
    — Bojan Ilic, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Most have been convicted of fraud.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Well, sure voter fraud does happen.
    — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The fraud has since been largely shut down, but those behind it have yet to be named.
    — WIRED, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Disney frames it as a way to move people through the gates faster and cut down on fraud.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • The program has also led to a wave of fraud across the exchanges.
    — Sally C. Pipes, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In real life, many millions have been lost to this common fraud.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 June 2024
  • The objective is there is going to be fraud, waste and abuse in there.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Experts say will likely take years to account for the full scope of the fraud.
    — Sarah Fitzpatrick, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2022

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