as in embezzlement
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The welfare scandal came to light in 2020 when the former director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, John Davis, was indicted on fraud and embezzlement charges alongside several others, including DiBiase's brother, former pro wrestler Brett DiBiase.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
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He was convicted in 2020 of charges including prostitution mediation and embezzlement.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
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Mendez defines this type of theft as the misuse of one’s Social Security number or other personal information, often to collect a tax refund.—
Cora Lewis,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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But the use — and misuse — of AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini by litigants, particularly non-lawyers who choose to represent themselves in legal fights, can pour gas on the flames of this old problem.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
18 Mar. 2026
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Jurors in that case were told about the Lion Air misappropriation.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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There is a direct line of misappropriation from the theory of natural selection to the eugenics of Nazism and Jim Crow.—
Charles Finch,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
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Large, congregate shelters of its sort offer little privacy or quiet; many have reputations for violence, drug use, and theft.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Traffic offenses accounted for two-thirds of tickets issued, and verbal assault and property theft were the most common forms of victimization.—
Katie Jackson,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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Teams are required to demonstrate that there was a misapplication of the official playing rules, as opposed to an error in judgment by game officials, according to the NBA.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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This might trouble some as a misapplication of government authority — especially those who hold that property rights are too crucial to liberty to be violated.—
Kerry Jackson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Defalcation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defalcation. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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