embezzlement

1. The stealing of money entrusted to one's care: “The treasurer of the company embezzled a million dollars.”

Example Sentences

He faces a lengthy jail sentence in Moldova for money laundering and embezzlement.

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He’s been told that, in return, the embezzlement case against him would be frozen and potentially dropped when the war ends.

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The agency believes the golf course and house were obtained as a “direct result of large-scale fraud and embezzlement, false accounting and money laundering”.

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It saw his predecessor charged with embezzlement, and former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon questioned by police.

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An international arrest warrant has been issued for Australian ex-rugby star Rocky Elsom following a conviction for embezzlement in France, French media say.

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Related Words

• fraud
• larceny
• misappropriation
• misuse
• theft