piggy

Example Sentences

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Lindberg treated the insurance companies as a “personal piggy bank,” prosecutors alleged, using some of the diverted sums to finance an extravagant lifestyle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"That just shows how pressed there are. Little insecure boys trying to piggy back off our event and try to put some news over top on us - not going to work," Paul said.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The county piggy bank is not being raided, although public bonds still represent a subsidy and the assumption of some public risk.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

“He treated that client trust account like a personal piggy bank,” Paetty said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

I didn’t mean to steal the nickels from the baby’s glass piggy bank.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago