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wire fraud

wire fraud noun: a felony of a particular class subject to a separate and additional federal penalty for any crime of fraud involving the use of technological communications methods such as wire, radio, or television.

Noun

wire fraud (countable and uncountable, plural wire frauds)

  1. (US, criminal law) A felony of a particular class subject to a separate and additional federal penalty for any crime of fraud involving the use of technological communications methods such as wire, radio, or television.
    • 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 wire fraud

pluralwire frauds

Questions about wire fraud

What does wire fraud mean?
Wire fraud means a felony of a particular class subject to a separate and additional federal penalty for any crime of fraud involving the use of technological communications methods such as wire, radio, or television.
What part of speech is wire fraud?
Wire fraud is a noun.
What is the plural of wire fraud?
The plural of wire fraud is wire frauds.

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