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Recent Examples of embezzlement
Rappa has been charged with two counts of embezzlement or misapplication by a fiduciary, two counts of larceny over $1,200, and the unauthorized practice of law.
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Riley Rourke, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
He and his business partner had been locked in a blistering dispute about embezzlement.
—Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Tom Girardi's $15 million embezzlement case The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Girardi seemed to be living a luxurious and happy life with her husband, Tom Girardi, when her entire world was turned upside down.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Reina faces embezzlement, fraud and grand theft charges in connection to what prosecutors described as a multi-year scheme to finance luxury international travel, home renovations and paying for his kids’ college tuition.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Early last year, Moore died by suicide after being accused of embezzlement by his former business partner, Robert Scott Brooks, who served as Winthrop’s chief investment officer.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The Village of Sardinia, Ohio, where a former mayor was charged with embezzlement, placed all its police officers on administrative leave, according to a message posted on the village’s website.
—Jason Rossi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2026
Safiullah Manzoor, 43, of Walnut Creek, who was arrested March 11, is charged with a felony count of embezzlement over time.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
He was convicted in 2020 of charges including prostitution mediation and embezzlement.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Riley Rourke, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
He and his business partner had been locked in a blistering dispute about embezzlement.
—Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Tom Girardi's $15 million embezzlement case The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Girardi seemed to be living a luxurious and happy life with her husband, Tom Girardi, when her entire world was turned upside down.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Reina faces embezzlement, fraud and grand theft charges in connection to what prosecutors described as a multi-year scheme to finance luxury international travel, home renovations and paying for his kids’ college tuition.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Early last year, Moore died by suicide after being accused of embezzlement by his former business partner, Robert Scott Brooks, who served as Winthrop’s chief investment officer.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The Village of Sardinia, Ohio, where a former mayor was charged with embezzlement, placed all its police officers on administrative leave, according to a message posted on the village’s website.
—Jason Rossi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2026
Safiullah Manzoor, 43, of Walnut Creek, who was arrested March 11, is charged with a felony count of embezzlement over time.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
He was convicted in 2020 of charges including prostitution mediation and embezzlement.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embezzlement
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Nastasa has been arrested 38 times in New York City, with charges including robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, grand larceny, threat by phone and criminal contempt.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The play, like the movie, is loosely based on a robbery that took place in 1972, on a boiling-hot August day, when an eccentric, deep-in-debt Vietnam veteran named John Wojtowicz entered a Chase bank in Brooklyn with a gun and two accomplices, hoping for a quick score.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Gastineau raises several claims, including breach of contract and misappropriation of his NIL.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Jurors in that case were told about the Lion Air misappropriation.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Rappa has been charged with two counts of embezzlement or misapplication by a fiduciary, two counts of larceny over $1,200, and the unauthorized practice of law.—
Riley Rourke,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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He was arrested earlier this year for larceny, Us Weekly and TMZ report, and in 2024 for a misdemeanor DUI.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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South Africa’s police chief was charged with corruption as part of a probe that has exposed the staggering graft problem in the continent’s biggest economy.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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But Magyar, a former Fidesz insider who has won over voters angered at a lack of growth, failing public services and a series of graft and child protection scandals, has built his brand with tours of town and village squares.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Critics singled out her performance as scene-stealing.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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By this token, the politician who steals scraps of another’s rhetoric (even if the actual stealing is performed by speechwriters) is derided as if he had been found watching pornography.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Teams are required to demonstrate that there was a misapplication of the official playing rules, as opposed to an error in judgment by game officials, according to the NBA.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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This might trouble some as a misapplication of government authority — especially those who hold that property rights are too crucial to liberty to be violated.—
Kerry Jackson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Planning and thievery on this scale bespeaks a ring of metal poaching.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Unlike Coop, whose thievery is driven by financial desperation, Hamm’s hypothetical motivation is pure mischief.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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Petty crime, like pickpocketing and phone theft, is more common in Paris and can be easily avoided.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Samuel Nana Opoku, a resident of Fairfax County, Virginia, is facing charges of money laundering, felony theft by taking, five counts of identity fraud, and initiation of deceptive commercial email.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Embezzlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embezzlement. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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