embezzle
Example Sentences
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In both scenarios Ukrainians are the victims—but there’s no suggestion that Western funds were embezzled.
Anti-graft investigators said around $100 million had been embezzled from the energy sector, causing outrage in a country where Russian attacks have resulted in devastating power outages.
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According to NABU, Mindich "controlled" the laundering of embezzled money and its distribution.
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After taking power in a coup in 1965, the former general changed the country's name to Zaire, installed a single-party system, muzzled the opposition and embezzled taxpayers' money with abandon to fund an extravagant lifestyle.
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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.
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