embezzler

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Noun
  • From smashing into glass doors as a burglar to attacking with a machete and acting as a ‘dangerous’ nanny, the Unitree G1 was initially tested for its usefulness as an assistant before appearing for the durability tests.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • According to the outlet, a burglar ransacked the property after smashing a glass door to get in while the couple were not at home.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There is not a thief or any army of moths on earth that can destroy this kind of treasure.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • On the night of May 4, 1802, a thief broke into Denmark's Royal Art Museum and took the horns.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, Entertainment Weekly has learned that DiCaprio is being eyed to portray Chris Shiherlis, the bank robber who was originally played by Val Kilmer in the 1995 film.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • So no wonder that his engagement with the human cost of rapid industrialization in early 20th century Bohemia fed into his depiction in the novel of social conditions in robber-baron America.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The parks department has even posted signs on the beach warning visitors about Cecil’s kleptomaniac habits.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • In the center of the console were three domed knobs; as Castelli turned these, ever so gently, with the finesse of a safecracker, the impact of the images was altered.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • In classic heist-thriller fashion, each recruit fulfills a very cool and specific role — the driver, the safecracker, the chemist, etc.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Ads prominently displayed on search engines are impersonating a wide range of online services in a bid to infect Macs with a potent credential stealer, security companies have warned.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But give people a chance to ditch these sneaky little time-stealers for a night, and most will take it.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To build out a beloved landmark in a historic district, under the anxious eye of preservationists, and slip in an extra 27,000 square feet of new construction practically unnoticed — that’s the work of a reverse cat burglar.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2025
  • This American heiress summering in Cannes has just met Grant’s former cat burglar.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Embezzler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embezzler. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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