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Without his knowledge, Iturbide said, his chief of exchange had been enriching the bank by illegal silver sales.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been enriching his medical attendant in the most lavish manner. 

From Bleak House by Dickens, Charles

But in February, 1876, it was discovered that Belknap had been enriching himself by corrupt partnership with contractors in his department, and he hurriedly resigned, the President strangely accepting the resignation before Congress could act.

From Ulysses S. Grant by Allen, Walter

We know that Agrippina sought to prevent as far as possible the malversations of public funds by which the powerful freedmen of Claudius had been enriching themselves.

From The Women of the Caesars by Ferrero, Guglielmo