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defalcation

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as in embezzlement

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At the time, the company was in financial distress due to embezzlement, debt and the economic downturn in agriculture.

— Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
His appointment came after a federal grand jury in Chicago indicted former superintendent Devon Horton on more than a dozen charges, including wire fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of embezzlement

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In 2026, how reasonable are fears that AI, either by escaping human control or through misuse by unscrupulous people, could cause a cataclysmic event or the downfall of civilization?

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
An internal investigation into misuse in Mooresville released in August found several policy violations.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026

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Two former administrators of a Tucson charter school face felony charges in the misappropriation of funds.

— Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2026
The Cubs sued Wrigley View Rooftop in 2024 for misappropriation, unjust enrichment, false advertising, infringement and related claims.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of misappropriation

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Fractures between the pair were documented in a series of letters revealed during the 2002 theft trial of Diana’s former butler.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi regime orchestrated the largest art theft in world history, seizing over 600,000 works of art across Europe from Jewish families, collectors and museums.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of theft

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The Fifth Down Game There was a time when Missouri and Colorado were Big Eight foes, and the fifth down in 1990 remains the most infamous misapplication of justice in the history of college football.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Leedberg-Snow pleaded guilty to felony counts of solicitation to commit vital records fraud, title fraud, theft by misapplication of property and witness tampering, per the attorney general’s office.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Definition of misapplication

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