Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mail fraud

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: mail fraud
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The mail fraud statute and its counterpart, the wire fraud statute, historically have been powerful instruments for prosecutors."

Usage

Inflected Forms

mail frauds (plural)

Questions

What does mail fraud mean?: 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.

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