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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularities/#m1)

2) (literal) things that are not even, regular or normal (an irregularity in a surface, in a heartbeat). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularities/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularities/#x1)
- The election was cancelled after reports of irregularities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularities/#x2)
- Exam board: We are investigating irregularities at one test centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularities/#x3)
- The doctor noticed an irregularity in his heartbeat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularities/#x4)
- The table top had small irregularities in the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularities/#x5)
- Chat: «financial irregularities» = someone took the money [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularities/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «irregularities» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irregularities/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.