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peculation

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as in embezzlement

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Ford said Ahmed’s checks were made out to Ford’s 2019 mayoral campaign and were cashed before the hospital embezzlement scandal.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Daniel Elie Bouaziz, who owned two galleries in Palm Beach County, had pleaded guilty to a single count of money laundering, while prosecutors agreed to drop 16 other counts related to fraud and embezzlement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of embezzlement

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One option would be to grow tissue grafts with the mesh inside and then transplant them, but a more interesting possibility would be to borrow an idea from Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
Born out of a struggle against corruption that was triggered by the Novi Sad train station canopy collapse, the student movement has made the fight against graft a central focus of its 11-point program.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

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All five juveniles, ranging in age from 14 to 16 years old, were processed at Clinton police headquarters on charges including larceny of a motor vehicle, interfering with an officer, reckless driving, engaging police in pursuit and conspiracy.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026
Theodore's criminal history includes arrests for larceny, obstruction of officers and trespassing, DHS said.

— Michael Sinkewicz , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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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
The pair have been charged with misappropriation, embezzlement and 40 counts of commercial bribery.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of misappropriation

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Miami-Dade court records indicate Pollard violated probation in 2002 in the robbery and burglary case that led to his two life sentences.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
The girls sometimes lived with their grandmother or an aunt, other times with their mother and Lasha’s father, who was a part of the sisters’ lives on and off until he was convicted of armed bank robbery in 2003.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

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The Fifth Down Game There was a time when Missouri and Colorado were Big Eight foes, and the fifth down in 1990 remains the most infamous misapplication of justice in the history of college football.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Leedberg-Snow pleaded guilty to felony counts of solicitation to commit vital records fraud, title fraud, theft by misapplication of property and witness tampering, per the attorney general’s office.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Definition of misapplication

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