Which preposition to use with frauds

in Occurrences 50%

There is also the case of Smith against Acker, relating to the taint of fraud in mortgages of personal property, in which he carried the Court with him against the Chancellor and overturned all the previous decisions.

of Occurrences 45%

What in the original was literally "amiable delusions of the fancy," he proposed, to render "the fair frauds of the imagination."

on Occurrences 22%

In order to do this Edith had to practise a little fraud on Bruce, a justifiable and quite unselfish one.

by Occurrences 11%

Then the truth dawned on Nagendra, that his brother had misappropriated large sums, which should have been paid to him, and concealed his fraud by falsifying the Zemindari papers.

to Occurrences 7%

Gino, the gondolier of Don Camillo, has long been an unfavored suitor of mine, and when this Florinda complained of my having, what every honest girl in Venice should do, exposed her fraud to the authorities, she advised his master to seize me, partly in revenge, and partly with the vain hope of making me retract the complaint I have made.

against Occurrences 6%

"It may not be known to one of your high condition, sovereign prince," resumed the Carmelite, "that an humble but laborious mechanic of this city, a certain Francesco Frontoni, was long since condemned for frauds against the Republic's revenue.

at Occurrences 5%

"It seems the only waythat and having the detectives stop the fraud at the source.

as Occurrences 4%

Lat.]; his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth [Two Gentlemen]; loyaute m'oblige

from Occurrences 3%

But Logotheti, who knew something of men, and had dealt with some very accomplished experts in fraud from New York and London to Constantinople, had his doubts about the truth of what he had heard, and understood at once why the usually reticent American had talked so much about himself.

for Occurrences 3%

If that were accepted the case was gone, since the fraud for which these men were indicted could not have been perpetrated by honest cards.

under Occurrences 3%

Thus by force and fraud under skilful technicalities, and by usurpation of the royal authority, the crime was consummated, and had the sanction of the law.

about Occurrences 2%

INNES, or INNYS, Rev. Dr., fraud about Dr. Campbell, i. 359; about Psalmanazar, i. 359, n. 3; iii. 444-5, 447-8. INNKEEPERS, soldiers quartered on them, ii. 218, n. 1. INNOCENT, punishment of the, iv.

within Occurrences 2%

A chronicler of the time says, that by means of certain herbs which he gave to a half-starved horse, he made him into a fat and sleek animal; the horse was then sold at one of the neighbouring fairs or markets, but the purchaser detected the fraud within a week, for the horse soon became thin again, and usually sickened and died.

during Occurrences 1%

He saw that Colonel Clifford would extort not only Walter's legacy, but what the lawyers call the mesne profits, that is to say, the interest and the various proceeds from the fraud during fourteen years.

of Occurrences 1%

PORTIONS OF BENJAMIN FAWCETT's ADDRESS TO THE CHRISTIAN NEGROES IN VIRGINIA ABOUT 1755 "Rejoice and be exceeding glad, that you are delivered either from the Frauds of Mohamet, or Pagan Darkness, and Worship of Daemons; and are not now taught to place your Dependence upon those other dead Men, whom the Papists impiously worship, to the Neglect and Dishonor of Jesus Christ, the one only Mediator between God and Men.

AGAINST Occurrences 1%

FRAUDS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. ART.

like Occurrences 1%

What Kshatriya is there that expressed delight at having obtained a kingdom by means of dice, like this wicked and shameless son of Dhritarashtra? Having acquired wealth in this way by deceit and fraud like a vendor of meat, who that is wise boast of it?

Which preposition to use with  frauds