Thesaurus results for EMBEZZLER

embezzler

noun

Definition of embezzler

as in burglar

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Recent Examples of embezzler To begin with, the community is run by Blaine Shaw (Seth Numrich), surely the slickest scammer of old folks since John Mahoney’s nursing-home embezzler in 1989’s Say Anything. — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026 Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025 In 1930, Whitney, the scion of a prominent New England family, became the president of the stock exchange, but he was ultimately exposed as an embezzler and served more than three years in Sing Sing. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

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In the days after a group of South Florida friends were killed in a helicopter crash in Kenya, burglars ransacked the Coral Gables home of two of the dead, stealing more than $500,000 worth of artwork, jewelry and the couple’s cars, police say.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
Lamb, 27, had four luxury bags stolen from his home, as the burglar entered through a broken window on the property.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of burglar

Noun

Neighbors say they're left shaken after an elderly couple was lured out of their home by thieves, who ransacked their house and stole from them.

— Jermont Terry, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
The field is expanding to include thieves from other sectors, lured by the comparatively low-risk, high-reward nature of art thefts.

— News Desk, Artforum, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of thief

Noun

Police say the robbers took $50 from one of the chicken stand workers, and $60 from the other.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Certain men have reportedly watched CCTV footage of their stupefied selves inexplicably helping their robbers gut their apartments of possessions.

— Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of robber

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

Definition of kleptomaniac

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