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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The two fugitives at the Dubai event had been both indicted in federal court in Illinois in 2024 on charges that they embezzled $15 million from a Chicago hospital where Ahmed was CFO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
Police believe Punyavee helped Phra Wachirayan manage his embezzled proceeds, noting that tens of millions of baht circulated through her bank accounts each year, The Bangkok Post reported.
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
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
