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be embezzlement

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The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

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In Ms. Crawford's case, the reason was said to be embezzlement, a charge she denied and which the authorities did not pursue.

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It wasn't like it was embezzlement.

"Honesty is the exception and peculation" — that is, embezzlement — "the rule".

Among the charges are embezzlement, money laundering, misuse of power and falsification of documents, said Rahmatullah Nazari, the deputy attorney general.

A major survey of teachers, students and principals in South Africa's public schools by Transparency International found that a third of principals believed the highest corruption risk was embezzlement at the provincial level, in textbook procurement and school construction.

Michelle, who has four children at home, was denied ACP because of a mistake in classification her crime was embezzlement, but it was mistakenly classified as "violent," rendering her ineligible.

"The crime would be extortion, embezzlement, among other crimes," the minister said.

How could paying someone for their hours worked be called embezzlement, when the board immediately rehires the exec in question after ousting the CEO?

They will discreetly steal the nation's wealth and, perhaps, there will be more embezzlement.

It suspected the London-based company to be an embezzlement vehicle.

Détournement de fonds is how embezzlement is described, for instance.

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