embezzle

verb

Definition of embezzlenext
as in to steal
to steal money that you have been trusted with He was caught embezzling money from his clients.

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Recent Examples of embezzle The government is attempting to improve shattered services and open up an economy closed by the corrupt Assad regime, which ran the economy with an iron fist and embezzled billions for the Assad clan and their allies. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026 Wilson was installed as interim mayor two years ago, after former Mayor Charles Griffin was convicted of embezzling between $10,000 and $100,000 of public funds to benefit himself and others close to him. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 The second charge involved a package in January 2025, when prosecutors alleged Wallace embezzled a parcel entrusted to her as a Postal Service employee. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026 The former state senator was sentenced to two years for embezzling funds. — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for embezzle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embezzle
  1. steal
  2. usurp
  3. misappropriate
Verb
  • Police also received one unconfirmed report that a Honda SUV was stolen using an OBD-2 port scanner, which involves plugging a device in under the dashboard and duplicating the key fob.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
  • In all sorts of ways, from the character of Baum’s music to the show-stealing sassy sidekicks, Wanted is channeling the Mouse House during its second golden age of animation, the era of Simba, Aladdin, and the muses of Hercules.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of steal
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  • But having your name be usurped by a bag is a strangely dehumanizing experience.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
  • By the time the coffee shop building was going up at the end of the route in 1959, Fresco said, interstate freeways were already beginning to usurp Route 66’s role and the Santa Monica route of Interstate 10 had been plotted.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • The lawsuit was filed by Turkish national Nebahat Evyap Isbilen, who alleges that her former adviser Selman Turk misappropriated tens of millions of pounds of her money.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • His campaign also came amid controversy over the Hope Florida initiative after a grand jury report found $10 million in taxpayer money had been misappropriated and routed through nonprofits into political activities.
    — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
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“Embezzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embezzle. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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