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embezzlement

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Recent Examples of embezzlement McCauley pled guilty to 27 counts of larceny, three counts of forgery and one count of embezzlement. — Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026 An exorbitant Costco egg order at Monterey school cracked open a ‘disgusting’ embezzlement scheme, police say. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026 The embezzlement caused so much financial hardship that the church was forced to reduce programming and take out loans to pay its expenses, the agreement said. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026 Ford said Ahmed’s checks were made out to Ford’s 2019 mayoral campaign and were cashed before the hospital embezzlement scandal. — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Daniel Elie Bouaziz, who owned two galleries in Palm Beach County, had pleaded guilty to a single count of money laundering, while prosecutors agreed to drop 16 other counts related to fraud and embezzlement. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Earlier this month, Horton pleaded guilty to wire fraud, embezzlement, and tax charges stemming from his time at District 65. — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 In 2025, for example, a Georgia court dismissed a defamation lawsuit against OpenAI after its ChatGPT tool falsely accused Mark Walters, a radio host, of embezzlement. — Kaitlin Newkirk, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026 Representatives with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City filed a police report in June that resulted in the department opening an investigation into possible fraud and embezzlement. — Sofi Zeman october 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

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Police in South Africa have arrested five suspects in connection with a violent farm robbery in the North West province in which a 50-year-old farmer was shot and had his ears cut off.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Deputies will continue to respond to all Priority 1 calls, including reports of homicides, assaults, hostage situations, hit-and-run collisions, robberies, shots fired and plane crashes.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

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Waldrop is facing felony charges in Parker County for misappropriation of funds and theft.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026
To fund a baseball stadium with taxpayer dollars would be a gross misappropriation of taxpayer dollars that could be used to fix our congested roadways.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of misappropriation

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Robert Christopher Nilsen, 44, was arrested on an active warrant on Monday charging him with first-degree larceny, according to Capt.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2026
McCauley pled guilty to 27 counts of larceny, three counts of forgery and one count of embezzlement.

— Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of larceny

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Those grafts improved metabolism, bone density, and other measures of health in mice, highlighting the role muscles play in producing chemical signals that benefit our health.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Before any graft is placed in a hair transplant, a line is drawn across the forehead.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

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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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Garcia has a criminal history going back 20 years, including charges of assault, car theft, felony menacing and more.

— Olivia Young, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
The Cybertruck was a car built for the paranoid fantasies that have gripped so much of a country destabilized by generations of economic theft.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of theft

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