Sentence examples for was embezzled from inspiring English sources
verb
To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
Allegations that up to $100,000 was embezzled were "absolutely, 100 percent, completely made-up," he said.
No public money was embezzled: in fact the legislator did not hold public office at the time.
"The rest was embezzled," he added, asking to remain anonymous because identifying him would complicate his work in the country.
Mr. Richman said he hoped to help the district move past the scandal, in which state auditors found that $11 million was embezzled between 1996 and 2004.
Ukraine has Europe's second-highest HIV rate, with 230,000 Ukrainians infected with the virus, yet in 2012 and 2013 more than a fifth of the budget for anti-retrovirals was embezzled through rigged auctions.
Siemens, the German engineering company, banned its sales managers from using consultants for winning new orders after an investigation into whether money was embezzled through such agreements to bribe customers.
When it was discovered that one of the other organizations he'd contributed to was embezzling donations, he'd questioned the usefulness of indirect philanthropy, but it hadn't stopped him from donating.
He was successful in business, so he was transferred to the Chicago branch of his company, where he continued to be successful until his supervisors discovered that he was embezzling money and he hanged himself.
Answer: He was embezzling it, from right under O'Quinn's nose.
As for Whitacre, the FBI eventually learned that he was embezzling money even during his time as a cooperating witness.
There was the preacher who was embezzling money from his church to keep his mistress quiet.
