suspected fraud

collocation in English

meaningsofsuspectedandfraud

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suspected
adjective
uk
/səˈspek.tɪd/us
/səˈspek.tɪd/
believed to be true or ...
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fraud
noun
uk
/frɔːd/us
/frɑːd/
the crime of getting money by ...
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(Definition ofsuspectedandfraudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuspected fraud

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Suspectedfraudinvolves claims where we have a strong suspicion of fraud, but where it cannot properly be established in the time available.
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Suspectedfraudis not proved fraud; one cannot punish it until it is proved.
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Specialist visits, including those for the purpose of investigatingsuspectedfraud, have been excluded from the calculation.
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We have recommended that auditors should have a statutory obligation to reportsuspectedfraudin a company.
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We should have great reservations about a statutory requirement that requires an auditor to reportsuspectedfraud.
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But about 4,500 staff were involved in counter-evasion work—including the investigation ofsuspectedfraud—during the year 1993–94.
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We must sort out the difference between "confirmed fraud"and"suspectedfraud" before we bandy figures about.
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Police are in the early stages of investigatingsuspectedfraudby two of these and have expressed an initial interest in another nine providers.
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It was unscholarly in that it lumped together confirmed fraud andsuspectedfraud.
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No figures are kept of the total number of investigations ofsuspectedfraud.
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Four of the directions were to facilitate the investigation ofsuspectedfraud, which resulted in the recovery of some £2,000.
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In the normal course, it would only be where theysuspectedfraudthat they would call without giving prior notification.
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Each employment exchange has an officer responsible for inquiry into cases ofsuspectedfraud.
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The second power, which is to demand the actual business books themselves, is used only in cases ofsuspectedfraud.
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It is right that reference was made to about 50 cases ofsuspectedfraud.
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Estimates of the savings to public funds as a result of special investigation—or any departmental measures againstsuspectedfraud—rest on a number of arbitrary assumptions.
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This would include cases ofsuspectedfraudand any breach of a statutory duty liable to cause significant harm to a third party.
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I assure him that we follow up all cases ofsuspectedfraud.
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Responsibility for taking action onsuspectedfraudlies with the health body concerned.
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The way in which cases ofsuspectedfraudare investigated depends on their nature and complexity.
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