embezzlement

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Noun
  • Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Munoz was serving a 15-year sentence at the minimum-security fire camp for first-degree robbery of an inhabited dwelling, records show.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Margaret Maheu, 22, of Somers was arrested Tuesday on one count of fourth-degree larceny, according to Connecticut State Police.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But this isn’t one of those early ’90s movies in which an awful guy becomes less so after a near-death experience, substituting larceny for a brain tumor.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Industry Benchmark: The price of a hair transplant varies globally but typically between $3,000 and $15,000 depending on the type and quantity of grafts.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Over the next year, the 4,200 grafts will take hold and grow in as normal and Gravatt will — hopefully — have a full head of hair.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Matthew Mixon, 38, pled guilty in December to misapplication of fiduciary property, according to court documents.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The misapplication of good friction can turn it bad and result in one more cumbersome process you’re tempted to work around.
    Josh Browning, Big Think, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Friends since their youth, the two grow up together in petty thievery which leads to dual lives in organized crime.
    Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
  • But there was another side to this sweet young thing—a history of tantrums, thievery, and rebellion.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • His defense team had sought a full acquittal on the charge of making murder threats and a lesser penalty for the theft conviction.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Details of how detectives connected the thefts and closed in on the three men have not been released.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At least 13 businesses in Mokena, Frankfort and Tinley Park were targeted in smash-and-grab burglaries early Friday morning, according to the Mokena Police Department.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Laken Riley Act requires the detention of migrants without legal status, including those allowed into the U.S. to seek asylum, if they have been accused of theft, shoplifting, or burglary.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Embezzlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embezzlement. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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