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is embezzlement
noun
The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
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"Honesty is the exception and peculation" — that is, embezzlement — "the rule".
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It wasn't like it was embezzlement.
Among the charges are embezzlement, money laundering, misuse of power and falsification of documents, said Rahmatullah Nazari, the deputy attorney general.
In Ms. Crawford's case, the reason was said to be embezzlement, a charge she denied and which the authorities did not pursue.
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.
Détournement de fonds is how embezzlement is described, for instance.
A second touchy subject is the embezzlement of cash intended for Chechnya's reconstruction.
"The crime would be extortion, embezzlement, among other crimes," the minister said.
There was looting, embezzlement and self-dealing.
How could paying someone for their hours worked be called embezzlement, when the board immediately rehires the exec in question after ousting the CEO?
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