irregularities

«irregularities» in Mova's school dictionary: fraud, cheating or wrongdoing, especially with money… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

phrase (noun, plural: irregularities; singular an irregularity)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, official) fraud, cheating or wrongdoing, especially with money, votes or exams. tree →

2) (literal) things that are not even, regular or normal (an irregularity in a surface, in a heartbeat). tree →

sense in the lessons

Used by auditors, election officials, police and the news to point to possible cheating without accusing anyone yet. Register: official, news, legal; all regions.

examples

• News: Auditors found irregularities in the club's accounts. tree →
• The election was cancelled after reports of irregularities. tree →
• Exam board: We are investigating irregularities at one test centre. tree →
• The doctor noticed an irregularity in his heartbeat. tree →
• The table top had small irregularities in the wood. tree →
• Chat: «financial irregularities» = someone took the money tree →

note

It does not always mean crime; in science or medicine it can just mean «not regular». In money, voting and exam news it usually means suspected cheating. Plain words: cheating, fraud.

In the corpora

• "Irregularities" in official reports means fraud (cheating people out of money) or other wrongdoing.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «irregularities» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.