welfare fraud

collocation in English

meaningsofwelfareandfraud

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welfare
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwel.feər/us
/ˈwel.fer/
help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have ...
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fraud
noun
uk
/frɔːd/us
/frɑːd/
the crime of getting money by ...
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(Definition ofwelfareandfraudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwelfare fraud

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I tabled a parliamentary question simply to establish how many people had been successfully prosecuted twice forwelfarefraud.
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They virtually became homeless as a result of telling their local council office that they suspected someone ofwelfarefraud.
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Welfarefraud, which has scarred our benefit system for decades, will be tackled.
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It is extremely doubtful whether such remarks, together with the many quotes apparently justifyingwelfarefraud, are having any effect in putting people off committingwelfarefraud.
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They talk about the euro, but they are out of touch on crime, they are out of touch on tax, and they are out of touch onwelfarefraud.
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In 2010 alone, tax evaders cheated the country of between $1 billion and $6 billion, whilewelfarefraudcost only $39 million.
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In 1994, he was found guilty ofwelfarefraudfor operating a phony billing scheme.
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In addition, the obsession withwelfarefraudprevention was a significant change to past practices.
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The defense would later have the opportunity to present other evidence for thewelfarefraud.
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The card was to amalgamate other government identification systems and act against tax avoidance, and health andwelfarefraud.
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Criticism focused on the fact that individuals committingwelfarefraudwere, in reality, a very small percentage of those legitimately receiving welfare.
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Despite these early examples, stories about able-bodied men collecting welfare continued until the 1970s, at which point women became the main focus ofwelfarefraudstories.
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She was sentenced to imprisonment for two to six years on thewelfarefraudcharges, and a year on the perjury charges, to be served consecutively.
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