embezzle
verb (used with object)
to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
had been embezzling
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past perfect progressiveof embezzle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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In February 2015, it emerged that a cashier at Welldorado, a municipal swimming pool and sauna, had been embezzling money for eight years.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2016
It turned out that the book keeper had been embezzling.
From Time Magazine Archive
If Sanchez had been embezzling money or something like that, it would have been a scandal.
From Time Magazine Archive
