as in stole
to steal money that you have been trusted with
He was caught embezzling money from his clients.
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Recent Examples of embezzled
The former Dixon comptroller embezzled nearly $54 million from the tiny town to fund a lavish lifestyle.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
About six years after Jackson deposited her inheritance in the bank, the Star reported that a bank employee siphoned her account and embezzled about $700,000.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Biden also commuted the sentence of Rita Crundwell, who Illinoisans will remember as the disgraced former Dixon comptroller who embezzled $53 million from Dixon taxpayers and spent it on her costly equestrian lifestyle.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Among the total losses, $12 billion was ruled to have been embezzled, for which Lan was sentenced to death.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Tweed and his ring had embezzled millions of dollars from the city budget, lived large, and came down hard after enemies leaked evidence of their wrongdoing to the Times.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Prosecutors allege Miller embezzled more than $47,000 in union funds in the custody and control of the Bank of Ann Arbor by issuing about 38 unauthorized checks to himself and forging the signature of the second signatory on 20 of the checks.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
The lawsuit said that Baskin defamed McQueen by posting video diary entries on YouTube and on a website in 2020, claiming McQueen embezzled money from her and her then-husband, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances more than two decades ago.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
Elsewhere in the suit, Wilson alleges that The Deb producers embezzled $900,000 Australian (about $612,000 USD) from the film’s budget.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
About six years after Jackson deposited her inheritance in the bank, the Star reported that a bank employee siphoned her account and embezzled about $700,000.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Biden also commuted the sentence of Rita Crundwell, who Illinoisans will remember as the disgraced former Dixon comptroller who embezzled $53 million from Dixon taxpayers and spent it on her costly equestrian lifestyle.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Among the total losses, $12 billion was ruled to have been embezzled, for which Lan was sentenced to death.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Tweed and his ring had embezzled millions of dollars from the city budget, lived large, and came down hard after enemies leaked evidence of their wrongdoing to the Times.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Prosecutors allege Miller embezzled more than $47,000 in union funds in the custody and control of the Bank of Ann Arbor by issuing about 38 unauthorized checks to himself and forging the signature of the second signatory on 20 of the checks.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
The lawsuit said that Baskin defamed McQueen by posting video diary entries on YouTube and on a website in 2020, claiming McQueen embezzled money from her and her then-husband, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances more than two decades ago.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
Elsewhere in the suit, Wilson alleges that The Deb producers embezzled $900,000 Australian (about $612,000 USD) from the film’s budget.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embezzled
appropriated
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In 1852, Congress appropriated $15,000 for Waukegan Harbor improvements that included a breakwater with an elevated catwalk parallel to the shore to protect the harbor, in addition to navigation aids.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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The nonprofit Climate United sued the administration this weekend to unfreeze a $7 billion federal grant awarded by the Biden administration, using money Congress appropriated, that will fund clean energy and solar projects around the nation.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Embezzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embezzled. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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