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embezzled

  • past participle
    of embezzle.
    embezzle
    verb (used with object)
    to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
  • past tense form
    of embezzle.
    embezzle
    verb (used with object)
    to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.

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A blue tent was set up outside the couple's home for officers to examine, log and seize some of their possessions, as they suspected they had been purchased with embezzled cash.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Murrell - the estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon - was due to appear at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday for Crown lawyers to attempt to recover the money he embezzled.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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

Sturgeon also said she did not think it was fair that Murrell - who embezzled more than £400,000 from the SNP over a 12-year period - should lose his job when she was promoted.

From BBC ● May 29, 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