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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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
Murrell's lawyer indicated this week that the former chief executive had enough funds to repay the sum he embezzled from the party.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 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
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
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
