tax evasion

American  

noun

1. the nonpayment of taxes, as through the failure to report taxable income.

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tax evasion British  

noun

1. reduction or minimization of tax liability by illegal methods Compare tax avoidance

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Etymology

Origin of tax evasion

First recorded in 1920–25

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Example Sentences

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tax evasion

At a court hearing in downtown Los Angeles, Se Youn “Steve” Kim pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return, while his brother, Hee Youn “Ted” Kim, pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Ashfield District Council leader Jason Zadrozny has been found guilty of fraud and tax evasion.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

When law enforcement tries to trace bribes or tax evasion, criminals can easily hide among the hundreds of thousands of legal shell companies whose owners were only using them to lower their taxes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein was sentenced to six years in prison for tax evasion and mortgage fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Colonel Korn was the lawyer, and if Colonel Korn assured him that fraud, extortion, currency manipulation, embezzlement, income tax evasion and black-market speculations were legal, Colonel Cathcart was in no position to disagree with him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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