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noun

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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
Verb
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 Far-right leader Marine Le Pen ’s decision to run for the presidency for a fourth time means that someone found guilty not once but twice of embezzling public funds will campaign to lead the European Union ’s largest nation. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 Elle and her friends discover that Dean and the head of their school, Principal Anderson (Matt Oberg), are embezzling funds. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 1 July 2026 The initiative ultimately collapsed in 2024 after the company’s founder, Joanna Smith-Griffith, was accused of embezzling funds amid data privacy concerns and whistleblower allegations. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026 As part of his plea agreement, Smith admitted to embezzling millions from the Conservancy from November 2012 until May 2024. — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 18 June 2026 The former president and treasurer of an Elk Grove youth sports league was arrested this month for allegedly embezzling over $100,000 from the organization, police said. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embezzling
  1. embezzlement
  2. stealing
  3. misappropriation
  4. misappropriating
  5. graft
  6. misusing
  7. robbery
  8. larceny
Noun
  • 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
Definition of embezzlement
Verb
  • Those charges stem from Vick allegedly breaking into a former girlfriend’s home, and he is accused of stealing multiple electronic devices, as well as unscrewing the camera that had been located on the porch of her home.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Do resigned and admitted to stealing millions in discretionary funds meant to help seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic, instead directing the money to a nonprofit connected to him, according to an LAist report.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
Definition of stealing
Noun
  • Orientalism, the show suggests, wasn’t a one-way street but a traffic in misappropriation.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Apple on Friday sued OpenAI and two former employees, alleging misappropriation of its trade secrets to benefit the ChatGPT-owner's foray into consumer hardware, a dramatic escalation of already simmering tension between the two companies.
    — Stephen Nellis, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Definition of misappropriation
Verb
  • Following a federal investigation and an internal CBS probe, Davis was dismissed for misappropriating $94,000 from the label — money used in part to pay for his son’s bar mitzvah and family vacations.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • However, in May 1973, following a federal investigation and an internal CBS probe, he was summarily fired for misappropriating $94,000 from the label.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 22 June 2026
Definition of misappropriating
Noun
  • 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
Verb
  • This comes six months after a jury found Rinsch guilty of misusing funds in connection with the production of an unfinished Netflix series.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • But he was ejected from the company in 1973 for allegedly misusing corporate funds, and pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 22 June 2026
Definition of misusing
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
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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