embezzle

Example Sentences

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In both scenarios Ukrainians are the victims—but there’s no suggestion that Western funds were embezzled.

From The Wall Street Journal

Embezzlement: A bookkeeper who was charged with embezzling $620,000 from a Fresno County almond farmer has agreed to pay the money back as part of a plea deal, The Fresno Bee reports.

From New York Times

Last week, investigators said they had uncovered a plot involving a former head of the State Property Fund that they believe embezzled more than $13 million.

From Reuters

A year ago, a relative of an elderly resident embezzled nearly 10m rupees by faking her signature.

From BBC

For the last several years the U.A.W. has been reeling from a federal corruption investigation that eventually found a number of schemes in which senior officials embezzled millions of dollars from union coffers.

From New York Times