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mail fraud

mail fraud noun: a class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal system of the United States of America.

Noun

mail fraud (countable and uncountable, plural mail frauds)

  1. (US, criminal law) A class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal system of the United States of America.
    • The mail fraud statute and its counterpart, the wire fraud statute, historically have been powerful instruments for prosecutors.1991, D. M. Maus, “License Procurement and the Federal Mail Fraud Statute”, in The University of Chicago Law Review, volume 58, number 3, page 1126

Forms of mail fraud

pluralmail frauds

Questions about mail fraud

What does mail fraud mean?
Mail fraud means a class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal system of the United States of America.
What part of speech is mail fraud?
Mail fraud is a noun.
What is the plural of mail fraud?
The plural of mail fraud is mail frauds.

Words near mail fraud in the dictionary

  1. mail code
  2. mail codes
  3. mail cover
  4. mail drop
  5. mail flag
  6. mail fraud
  7. mail frauds
  8. mail it in
  9. mail ladies
  10. mail lady
  11. mail merge

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