EMBEZZLE


Meaning of EMBEZZLE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

funds

After embezzling funds he spent time in prison in the 80s.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He embezzled large amounts of money to finance his gambling.

The court was told that Julie had been embezzling funds for the last two years.

Two managers were charged with embezzling $400,000 over a ten-year period.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

After embezzling funds he spent time in prison in the 80s.

DeRusha made the charges after he allegedly embezzled up to $ 619, 000 from the Flynn committee.

Federal prosecutors have established that corrupt private contractors and government officials embezzled more than $ 2.5 million from the department.

His pickers embezzled one pound in twenty and disguised the weight loss by throwing the wool on to wet stones.

It was clear that funds were being embezzled but who could be doing it?

It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown's revenues.

Several years later she also killed Baily, who apparently had discovered that Christine Loyd was embezzling money from her.

The charge sheet reveals that Mr Milosevic and his fellow conspirators allegedly embezzled $ 400m in state funds.

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