mail fraud

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.

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Meanings

nounmail fraud (countable and uncountable, plural mail frauds)

plural mail frauds

  1. UScountableuncountablecriminal lawA 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.

    1991, D. M. Maus, “License Procurement and the Federal Mail Fraud Statute”, in The University of Chicago Law Review, volume 58, number 3, page 1126
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APA

mail fraud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mail%20fraud

MLA

“mail fraud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mail%20fraud. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mail fraud,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mail%20fraud.

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