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embezzlement

[ UK /ɛmbˈɛzə‍lmənt/ ]
[ US /ɛmˈbɛzəɫmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

How To Use embezzlement In A Sentence

  • The defendant was charged with the crime of embezzlement. Christianity Today
  • For the crime of embezzlement of public funds, he and his wife were sentenced to 35 years in jail. Times, Sunday Times
  • Wu continues to plead not guilty to other charges of embezzlement and bribery.
  • Not included in the cost are theft, embezzlement, suicide, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect.
  • There is white-collar crime including embezzlement, tax evasion, and bribes to officials.
  • That doesn't include embezzlement and theft of public assets. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, the father was a charmer, with a suggested history of fraud and embezzlement.
  • Change can only be achieved by the people in a combined effort with demonstrations, petitions, personal crusades, and newspapers being brave enough to report fraud and embezzlement, that will lead ultimately to the guilty parties being put in the "slammer" for a very long time. Pestiside.hu
  • His lifelong political enemy called him "the great incendiary" and a "master of the puppets", deplored his "obstinacy and inflexible disposition", and also accused him of "defalcation" a quaint expression for embezzlement. Dove's Eye View:
  • Lumumba said education minister Sam Ongeri and a number of his colleagues should resign and pave the way for what he calls a holistic investigation into the alleged embezzlement. Kenya Anti-Graft Czar Denies Political Interference
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