embezzlement

Example Sentences

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Rabat represented Pinochet in a case of embezzlement of public funds.

From Barron's

Among the charges levelled at Damiba by Burkina Faso's military government are "criminal embezzlement of public funds, illicit enrichment, corruption, aggravated receiving of stolen goods and money laundering", said Togo's justice ministry in a statement.

From BBC

American writer O. Henry, hiding in Honduras to avoid embezzlement charges back home, coined the term for such places: “banana republic External link.”

From Barron's

American writer O. Henry, hiding in Honduras to avoid embezzlement charges back home, coined the term for such places: “banana republic External link.”

From Barron's

Prior to leaving the organization, Butler had acted as the organization’s controller, or supervisor of accounting, which would allow him to conceal his alleged embezzlement over the years, according to the official complaint.

From Los Angeles Times