embezzle
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EDINBURGH—A political operative’s yearslong scheme to embezzle party funds has become a source of anger and embarrassment in Scotland, but not entirely for the reasons you might think.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
They accused several people of orchestrating a scheme to embezzle money in Ukraine's energy sector, including at the national nuclear opertor Energoatom.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
During the appeal trial, she denied that the RN had any system to embezzle European Parliament funds and has said her party acted in "complete good faith".
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Brodie sentenced Ng in March, 11 months after jurors found him guilty of helping former Goldman boss Tim Leissner embezzle money from 1MDB, launder the proceeds, and bribe government officials to win business.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
We embezzle millions that we may hang diamonds to the ears of an adventuress; but we are careful, and we keep the receipted bills.”
From Other People's Money by Gaboriau, Émile
But if a mom and pop own a dry cleaner and someone embezzles or steals $175,000 from them and they don’t get their money back, they’re done.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2017
One of the objectors embezzles money and excitement surges to the rescue.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Men do not perpetrate crimes for the sake of light o' loves like Musette, unless, indeed, some wretched youth embezzles money to buy jewellery for his divinity.
From The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Hume, Fergus
You say the mouth embezzles all, The fruit of your exertion; But I on this assembly call To prove the base assertion.
From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Park, Marmaduke
Only some of the embezzled goods which formed part of the final charges admitted by the ex-SNP chief executive have been retrieved.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Nicola Sturgeon has said she was "deceived, betrayed and lied to" by her estranged husband Peter Murrell as he embezzled hundreds of thousands of pounds from the SNP.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, admitted on Monday that he had embezzled more than £400,000 from the party over a 12-year-period.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
If that case is the benchmark - with around a month in jail for every £1,000 embezzled - then Murrell could be behind bars for a very long time.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
But there was a man who’d embezzled money from Grandpa Vaughan’s estate after he died and whom Rosa then sued in civil court.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months in jail after he admitted to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Within weeks the party was rocked by a scandal surrounding former chief executive Peter Murrell, who admitted in court to embezzling more than £400,000 of SNP funds over a 12-year period.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
In a lawsuit of his own, the investor accused Ghaffar of embezzling assets to fund an extravagant lifestyle for himself and his family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Murrell admitted embezzling £400,310.65 from the SNP between 12 August 2010 and 19 October 2022 at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
After Scott had set up his congregation, he found that Komo was embezzling money from people who were contributing to the fight against the removal.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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