as in embezzlement
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After news hit of Ozer’s Safehaven embezzlement indictment in 2024, Ozer spent months reassuring folks that the charges were all going to go away.—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025 -
A week after South Lake Tahoe’s mayor resigned amid an embezzlement scandal, her successor was chosen — a man who is fighting charges related to a run-in at a bar.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The graft is secured with sutures and the incision in the elbow is stitched back together.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Being tied to the mast of a regime defined by cruelty and graft is a problem of another magnitude entirely.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Lewis has a record of larceny arrests and convictions stretching back to 1988, according to the Suffolk DA’s office.—
Isabelle Friedman,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Manuel Betancourt-Renteria Manuel Betancourt-Renteria of Mexico has 10 convictions, including two counts of assault, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, larceny and five traffic offenses, according to DHS.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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While initially very popular among his people, by 2013, multiple scandals — including romantic affairs, financial misappropriation and an infamous elephant hunting trip to Africa — led the King to abdicate and pass the throne to his youngest child and only son, King Felipe.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors reportedly revealed Laffitte’s misappropriation of funds allowed Murdaugh to pay off fraudulent loans and personal debts, further cementing that his assistance was pivotal in allowing Murdaugh to keep his financial crimes in motion over the course of several years.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Beccuau said the gang involved in the robbery could be bigger than the four people caught on CCTV, according to the BBC.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Officers were in the area investigating a robbery at a nearby luxury boutique and had partially closed the roadway, according to court documents.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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And this misapplication, whether through inappropriate comparisons and limited context, or a disregard for methodological boundaries, risks undermining both consumer and stakeholder trust in sustainability claims and data integrity—and misleading investments and interventions.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Oct. 2025
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In March, Waldrop was arrested by Parker County Sheriff’s Office deputies on suspicion of theft and misapplication of funds.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Aug. 2025
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The stealing of the Ford V-8 got the FBI involved in the couple’s manhunt.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Oct. 2025
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Springer, who played for the 2017 World Series champion (and sign-stealing) Houston Astros, hit Bazardo’s 1-0 pitch into the left-field seats to ultimately win the game.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the announcement, the sheriff’s office pointed out that the thieves put a significant amount of effort into the thievery.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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With this, her ninth picture, Reichardt takes her life-long fascination with large scale thievery and unreels a museum robbery that ranks as amazingly inept.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Peculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculation. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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