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

French prosecutors said they have put a Lebanese banker under formal investigation, the latest move in a cross-border probe looking into whether Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh, embezzled vast sums of public funds.

From Reuters

The document was accompanied by ground-level and aerial photos of the property, along with a street address in Napa and the notation that the subject of the search warrant had been “stolen or embezzled.”

From Seattle Times

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