embezzle
verb (used with object)
to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
embezzled
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past participleof embezzle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof embezzle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
embezzleverb (used with object)to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
Example Sentences
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Prosecutors have given more details about how Peter Murrell embezzled goods worth more than £400,000 using the SNP's money.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
A court is set to hear more details about how former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell embezzled goods worth more than £400,000 using the party's money.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon spoke exclusively and in detail to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about the £400,000 embezzled by her estranged husband.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
It may be that when police raided the home Murrell shared with Nicola Sturgeon in April 2023, they recovered all the items that he embezzled.
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
