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Meaning of wire fraud | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

US, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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