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peculation

noun

as in embezzlement

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Daniel Elie Bouaziz, who owned two galleries in Palm Beach County, had pleaded guilty to a single count of money laundering, while prosecutors agreed to drop 16 other counts related to fraud and embezzlement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Earlier this month, Horton pleaded guilty to wire fraud, embezzlement, and tax charges stemming from his time at District 65.

— Lauren Victory, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of embezzlement

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Graft count, hairline work and beard procedures A patient requesting 5,000 grafts may not need that many, and the donor area may not have enough hair available to support the procedure.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
In graft versus host disease, donated stem cells recognize a recipient’s body as foreign and begin to attack their healthy tissues.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

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Theodore's criminal history includes arrests for larceny, obstruction of officers and trespassing, DHS said.

— Michael Sinkewicz , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
According to court records, Lozada was charged by New Britain police at the time with larceny and firearm charges.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

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To fund a baseball stadium with taxpayer dollars would be a gross misappropriation of taxpayer dollars that could be used to fix our congested roadways.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
The pair have been charged with misappropriation, embezzlement and 40 counts of commercial bribery.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of misappropriation

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Miami-Dade court records indicate Pollard violated probation in 2002 in the robbery and burglary case that led to his two life sentences.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
The girls sometimes lived with their grandmother or an aunt, other times with their mother and Lasha’s father, who was a part of the sisters’ lives on and off until he was convicted of armed bank robbery in 2003.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of robbery

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The Fifth Down Game There was a time when Missouri and Colorado were Big Eight foes, and the fifth down in 1990 remains the most infamous misapplication of justice in the history of college football.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Leedberg-Snow pleaded guilty to felony counts of solicitation to commit vital records fraud, title fraud, theft by misapplication of property and witness tampering, per the attorney general’s office.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Definition of misapplication

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