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embezzle

[em-bez-uhl] / ɛmˈbɛz əl /


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Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell used charge cards, bank transfers and fake invoices to embezzle more than £400,000 from the party, it has been revealed.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 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

Manuel Chang, the former minister, is suspected of signing off on about $2 billion worth of loans concealed from public view and partaking in a scheme to embezzle hundreds of millions of dollars.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 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

I don't say it was proved on the other hand that he did embezzle that sum.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles




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