Roleset defraud.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to take something from by fraud":

Roles:

Arg0:thief, fraud, agent


Arg1:entity defrauded


Arg2:contract


Arg3:amount

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


all arguments (-)
Last November , a federal grand jury indicted GE on charges of fraud and false claims in connection with an alleged scheme [*] to defraud the Army of $ 21 million [*U*] on a logistics computer contract .
Arg0:	[*] -> a federal grand jury
REL:	defraud
Arg1:	the Army
Arg3-of:	$ 21 million [*U*]
Arg2-on:	a logistics computer contract

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


with Arg2 (-)
The Justice Department said [0] it filed a lawsuit seeking more than $ 7.7 million [*U*] from a Meredith Corp. unit on charges that the company defrauded the government on a contract [*] to provide relocation services for federal employees .
Arg0:	the company
REL:	defrauded
Arg1:	the government
Arg2-on:	a contract [*] to provide relocation services for federal employees

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


with Arg3 (-)
Shearson was sued [*-1] by money manager George Soros , who [*T*-3] claimed [0] one of his funds was defrauded [*-2] out of $ 60 million [*U*] during stock-index futures trading just after the 1987 crash .
REL:	defrauded
Arg1:	[*-2] -> one of his funds
Arg3-out:	of $ 60 million [*U*]
ArgM-TMP:	during stock-index futures trading
ArgM-TMP:	just after the 1987 crash