as in embezzlement
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The answers, as the artists traced the beleaguered Lebanese electricity authority’s troubles back more than a century, always had to do with graft and transnational exploitation.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Punch graft and excision: A surgery that involves cutting away the scar tissue (excision); sometimes, skin from behind the ear is harvested to replace the scar tissue (punch graft).—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey Brian Merrow, a 60-year-old Marion resident, was taken into custody Jan. 5 on charges of embezzlement and larceny, both felonies, McDowell County Sheriff Ricky Buchanan said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Jan. 2025
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Firstly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would have to detain non-U.S. nationals charged with theft, burglary, shoplifting, or larceny offenses, regardless of their immigration status.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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An off-duty Kane County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an armed South Elgin man during an alleged Elgin robbery this summer was justified in his actions, according to a results of a Kane County Major Crimes Task Force investigation.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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The eleventh man, who wasn’t present during the robbery itself, met them later that night at a safehouse.—
Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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This appears to be no more complicated than an application (perhaps a misapplication) of human courtesies to the canine world.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
27 Nov. 2024
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Those misapplications might trigger personal liability for the guarantor, the former principal of the mortgage borrower – but the guarantor can no longer do anything to prevent it.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
23 Sep. 2024
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Derek Hough is coming clean about a bit of youthful thievery.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
5 Dec. 2024
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Hearts And Minds Many non-Web3 people will point to the industry's past failures—corruption, rug pulls, scams and outright thievery—and conflate them with the entire industry.—
Matvii Diadkov,
Forbes,
10 Oct. 2024
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“Peculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculation. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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