embezzle
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They accused several people of orchestrating a scheme to embezzle money in Ukraine's energy sector, including at the national nuclear opertor Energoatom.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
The wife of Ali Bongo, whose family ruled the central African country with an iron fist for 55 years, had been accused of manipulating her husband to embezzle taxpayers' money.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
Vows: After her ex-husband used her identity to embezzle money, she swore never to marry again.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2023
The warrants are the latest twist in cross-border investigations into whether Salameh, the governor for three decades whose term ends in July, abused his post to embezzle a fortune in Lebanese public money.
From Reuters • May 26, 2023
The Athenians might fairly except against the practice of Democritus, to be buried up in honey, as fearing to embezzle a great commodity of their country, and the best of that kind in Europe.
From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir
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