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noun

as in embezzlement

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embezzling

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verb

present participle of embezzle

as in stealing

to steal money that you have been trusted with He was caught embezzling money from his clients.

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Recent Examples of embezzling

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Last month, a nonprofit chief executive pleaded guilty to wire fraud and embezzling $23 million in homeless funds to pay for a $7-million Westwood home and vacation property in Greece. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026 Her campaign has been relatively free of major bumps since an appeals court in July cleared her path for a fourth run at the presidency, with a ruling that shortened a ban on seeking public office handed down to Le Pen for embezzling public funds. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Wilson was installed as interim mayor two years ago, after former Mayor Charles Griffin was convicted of embezzling between $10,000 and $100,000 of public funds to benefit himself and others close to him. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 The former state senator was sentenced to two years for embezzling funds. — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Darryl McCauley worked as the comedian’s business manager for several years until he was charged in 2008 with embezzling at least $12 million from Cook. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026 Lum is charged with embezzling more than $600,000 from the institution. — News Desk, Artforum, 14 July 2026 But in the end, he was convicted of embezzling around $12 million and executed in 2009. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 14 July 2026 While copying the last testament of his predecessor—which warned of the dire need for a strong military—the young Dalai Lama discovered that corrupt officials were embezzling army funds. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embezzling

Noun

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

Definition of embezzlement

Verb

A week prior to her death, Rogers had been picked up by police in the middle of the night after leaving her home without her parents’ knowledge and stealing a drink from a gas station.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
But Ippei Mizuhara, his longtime interpreter, pleaded guilty to stealing almost $17 million from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of stealing

Noun

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

Verb

In Marshall, college football players sued TV networks for allegedly misappropriating their likenesses by showing them in game broadcasts without pay.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Some Buddhist temples in Thailand are extremely wealthy because worshippers donate large amounts as a way of making religious merit, and the country has seen cases of senior monks being accused of misappropriating temple funds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of misappropriating

Noun

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

Definition of graft

Verb

But even with safeguards, abuse is possible, and Dieppa says his own department fired an officer accused of misusing the Flock system, along with other violations of policy, two years ago.

— Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Someone could be accessing an existing financial account or misusing personal information without causing any immediate change to that score.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of misusing

Noun

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

Definition of robbery

Noun

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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