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Recent Examples of embezzler
Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embezzler
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The would-be burglars left behind a lot of damage at the liquor store before driving off in a gray hatchback.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Des Cars has acknowledged that the museum's cameras failed to spot the burglars and that there were not enough cameras monitoring the building's perimeter.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Douglas County commissioners passed a measure Tuesday that requires hundreds of retail stores in unincorporated parts of the county to file a report with law enforcement when thieves rip them off.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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In Barcelona, Cindy was alert enough to ward off a would-be thief tugging on her tote bag.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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Inside, Darwin Tirado-Sanchez, 22, sitting in the passenger seat and a 38-year-old man in the driver’s seat, were ordered at gunpoint to turn over their wallets and keys without turning around toward their robbers, prosecutors said in a court proffer of allegations.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Responding officers headed to the scene spotted two men matching the description of the robbers and arrested both in the area of the Sox-35th Red Line station around 15 minutes after the robbery, police said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The parks department has even posted signs on the beach warning visitors about Cecil’s kleptomaniac habits.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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The other scene stealer is Broadcast News alum Brooks.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2026
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Chibnall and series director Chris Sweeney’s cast is quite capable — Rizwan, a scene stealer in Netflix’s Kaos, and Mylchreest, part of the most annoying subplot in Netflix’s Hostage, are among the standouts.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Nuggets are a cat burglar’s dream team.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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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
Cite this Entry
“Embezzler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embezzler. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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