EMBEZZLE in a Sentence

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For EMBEZZLE, below is one of 11 sentences:
The authorities did not discover the campaign manager's malfeasance until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.

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 Meanings and Examples of EMBEZZLE
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embezzle
 v.  appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property entrusted to one's care; apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust
Classic Sentence:
1  The agent's son embezzled the funds and ran off with them.
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Example Sentence:
1  She is accused of attempting to embezzle $405 million from the state while heading a gas company in the 1990s
2  The authorities did not discover the campaign manager's malfeasance until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.
3  Supporters waited outside Meshchansky Courthouse in Moscow, where Russia's richest man has been accused of fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion.
4  When she heard that her rival had just been jailed for embezzlement, we saw her chortle with joy. She was not a nice lady.
5  It was later found guilty on a charge of embezzlement from the Pentagon.
6  In order to countervail the financial loss the school suffered after the embezzlement, the treasurer raised the price of room and board.
7  The story of her embezzlement of the funds created a furor on the Stock Exchange.
8  When the bank examiners arrived to hold their annual audit, they discovered the embezzlements of the chief cashier.
9  Unwilling to disgorge the cash he had stolen from the pension fund, the embezzler tried to run away.
10  Unions and Democrats are routinely found, again and again, to be embezzling massive amounts of money, with barely a whisper from the media.