How to Use evasion in a Sentence

evasion

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  • 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.
  • Tax evasion is punishable by up to five years in prison.
    — Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer, 3 Aug. 2022
  • There is less current national data about the link between crime and fare evasion.
    — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The second event was a federal indictment for fraud and income tax evasion.
    — Barbara McQuade, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Antibody evasion, for instance, might be playing the more dominant role in helping the virus spread and sicken more people.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Advertisement Last year, Huizar pleaded guilty to felony charges of racketeering and tax evasion.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
  • People know that the IRS is paying closer attention so people are going to do a little bit less tax evasion.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • In exchange for the plea, the government dismissed a more serious charge of tax evasion related to Rose’s failure to report his gambling winnings.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Liu plans to further verify that this is an evasion tactic that other strains of staph use and to investigate how the bacterium is actually tricking our immune system.
    — Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2022
  • On the contrary, the Justice Department would rarely prosecute a taxpayer for criminal tax evasion.
    — Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Special counsel David Weiss charged Biden last year with three felonies and six misdemeanors, including failing to file and pay taxes, tax evasion and filing false tax returns.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Kasey was charged with five counts of theft and four counts of tax evasion.
    — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Kasey Noel was charged with five counts of theft and four counts of tax evasion.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The move is part of the IRS’ broader shift to focus more on high-end tax evasion.
    — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Saint faces a maximum of five years in prison on the tax evasion charge.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Al Capone went to prison not for murder, but for tax evasion.
    — Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
  • In June 2022, Todd and Julie were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
  • In 1989, Rose was banned from baseball and the following year, served five months in prison for tax evasion.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Todd and Julie Chrisley are speaking out about their bank fraud and tax evasion case.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2022
  • And as Sam Bankman-Fried would tell you, there’s a hell of a market for bankruptcy court evasion.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
  • In June 2022, Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
  • Ultimately, the club’s founders, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, were found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison.
    — Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 21 July 2023
  • Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in June 2022.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • He was then named as a suspect in another tax evasion case in 2018.
    — Quartz, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Ja Rule was released from prison in May 2013 after serving two years on gun and tax evasion charges.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • About 800 new cops were assigned to transit in March as part of a new initiative to crack down on fare evasion.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • Rose also spent five months in prison after pleading to tax evasion charges in 1990.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In connection with the credit card purchases, both Misty and Kasey face five charges of theft and tax evasion.
    — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2024

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