embezzlement

noun

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Recent Examples of embezzlement Le Pen was sentenced in March 2025 to four years in prison, with two suspended, and a five-year ban on running for office, over her National Rally party’s alleged embezzlement of European Union funds. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026 Turner was charged with three felony counts of embezzlement of more than $100,000 from L-Town Charities, based out of Denver, North Carolina. — Mark Price july 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026 But her embezzlement conviction would leave her open to criticism from potential election opponents. — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 An appeals court just upheld the far-right politician's conviction for embezzlement, but reduced her ban on seeking public office from five years to 15 months. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 7 July 2026 Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has decided to enter the presidential fray in 2027, despite an embezzlement conviction and an ongoing court case. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026 Yang Youlin also was convicted of embezzlement, offering bribes, misappropriation of public funds, abuse of power and money laundering in one of the most dramatic corruption cases in recent years in terms of the sheer scale of the bribes involved. — ABC News, 6 July 2026 An ex-Twin Rivers Unified School District teacher accused of taking money from her school’s student body bank account over a two-year span pleaded not guilty Thursday in Sacramento Superior Court to felony embezzlement and grand theft charges. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026 Bannon was arrested in August 2020 on Guo’s yacht in Connecticut and charged in connection with a separate embezzlement scheme. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embezzlement
  1. robbery
  2. misappropriation
  3. larceny
  4. graft
  5. stealing
  6. misapplication
  7. thievery
  8. theft
Noun
  • Authorities said the inmate had been in custody since April 10, 2024, while awaiting trial on charges of robbery, criminal threats, brandishing a weapon and petty theft.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Further information about the robbery was not immediately available.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Definition of robbery
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  • False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
  • Legal experts say Harper might have grounds to sue FanDuel for false endorsement, misappropriation and invasion of privacy.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of misappropriation
Noun
  • Both suspects now face additional charges, including 28 counts of payment card theft, larceny, identity theft and conspiracy.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Wayne White, 63, of Detroit, is charged with three counts of larceny by conversion ($20,000 or more), each a 10-year felony.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Definition of larceny
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  • Instead, graft has become even more shameless, and the sums involved are growing exponentially larger.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • In the early 1900s, Stevens writes, political corruption and graft was a notorious problem in Milwaukee.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 July 2026
Definition of graft
Noun
  • Like the first book of the trilogy, this one unfolds entirely in dialogue—only instead of giving us a narrator whose hat was stolen, this story is narrated by the fish who did the stealing.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
  • Luke Locklear, 29, of Lumberton, is charged with felony conspiracy, and altering/stealing/destroying criminal evidence by taking it from the home and burning it, a warrant says.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026
Definition of stealing
Noun
  • 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
  • Porter was charged with five felony counts of theft of service over $30,000 and one count of misapplication of a trust fund, which is a misdemeanor.
    — Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2026
Definition of misapplication
Noun
  • While some have suffered thievery before, they’ve typically been targeted by institutional or industry insiders.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Instead, this is a story of thievery.
    — Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Definition of thievery
Noun
  • Lum resigned from the High Museum in December after the institution’s board realized something was amiss and accused him of theft.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
  • It will be used to hold detainees facing charges for violating city ordinances — such as trespassing, theft, car break-ins, resisting arrest, assault and other offenses.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
Definition of theft

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