Sentence examples for an effort to deceive from inspiring English sources

Supporters of Mr. Louima expressed disappointment that two former officers they regarded as central figures in an effort to deceive investigators had escaped punishment.

The actions included entering numbers into earnings reports that were completely fictional, and then shifting accounts around in an effort to deceive the company's auditors, Ernst & Young.

"It was an effort to deceive the members that there was a strong trading team with all their fingers on the pulse of the stock market".

Not long ago, American scammers began buying CDs of classical music with their purchases of expensive items, apparently in an effort to deceive anti-fraud systems (since such music is generally assumed not to appeal to young, tech-savvy criminals).

Ethics experts say that although members of Congress are required to fully disclose their assets, omissions do not usually result in sanctions unless they are part of an effort to deceive.

Like an earlier inquiry led by Lord Hutton, the report exonerated the government of the charge that it deliberately exaggerated the threat posed by Mr. Hussein in an effort to deceive the public and Parliament.

Lawyers for Mrs. Romney and the Ebelings argued that the buyer was aware of the defect, a condition disclosed by a veterinarian who conducted a prepurchase exam, and denied any effort to deceive her.

The Iranians strongly denied any effort to deceive, the official said, and some Western experts familiar with the debate and the evidence said Iran's stance had some merit.

The idea here is whether there's an intentional effort to deceive people about what's going on".

Mr. Blair's government has already been cleared in an earlier report by Lord Hutton last January of charges that it made a deliberate effort to deceive the British public about the threat from Iraq.

The plaintiffs contend that Bank of America engaged in a deliberate effort to deceive the bank's shareholders.