Example Sentences

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They say he was a fraudster, an embezzler and a thief.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2021

A convicted embezzler, the 59-year-old has terminal cancer.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2020

Downing had methodically pointed out that Gates, along with being the star witness in the special counsel Robert Mueller’s first prosecution, was also a liar, an embezzler, and a philanderer.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 10, 2018

It’s based on Winston Graham’s novel, later an Alfred Hitchcock thriller, about a young female embezzler.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2017

The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck