English Dictionary

mail fraud

名詞

アメリカ英語 可算名詞 不可算名詞

(US, law) 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.

日本語の意味

米国法において、米国の郵便制度を利用した詐欺行為に対して適用される刑事罰の対象となる重罪（郵便詐欺）

The defendant was convicted of mail fraud after sending forged invoices through the postal service.

被告は偽造請求書を郵送した後、米国の郵便制度を利用して行われる詐欺という連邦の重罪で有罪判決を受けた。

意味（1）

(US, law) 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.

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

mail frauds （ plural ）