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"to embezzle" in Spanish

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"to embezzle" in Spanish
to embezzle{verb}
distraer- malversar
to embezzle{transitive verb}
desfalcar
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to embezzle[embezzled · embezzled] {verb}
to embezzle
distraer[distrayendo · distraído] {v.t.} (fondos, dinero)
to embezzle
malversar[malversando · malversado] {vb} [law]
The money raised as a result of grass-roots solidarity must not be embezzled.
No se debe malversar el dinero recaudado como resultado de la solidaridad de las clases bajas.
It is outrageous that no warning signals were sounded while Parmalat funds were being embezzled.
Es indignante que no se emitieran señales de alarma mientras se malversaban los fondos de Parmalat.
In so doing it missed the opportunity to recover a considerable proportion of the at least EUR8 million that had been embezzled.
Así, ha perdido la oportunidad de recuperar una proporción considerable de al menos 8 millones de euros que se han malversado.
to embezzle[embezzled · embezzled] {transitive verb}
to embezzle(also: to peculate)
desfalcar[desfalcando · desfalcado] {v.t.}
Why do we have no controls over those Members who embezzle nearly EUR 14 000 each year by making private payments into that pension fund from the public purse?
¿Por qué no tenemos controles para esos diputados que desfalcan casi catorce mil euros anuales haciendo imposiciones de dinero público en ese fondo de pensiones?
Looking on the bright side – who knows? – perhaps this directive may help in time to turn up some of the countless millions that have been embezzled from the European Union.
Mirándolo por el lado positivo, ¿quién sabe?, quizás esta directiva ayude con el tiempo a desenterrar algunos de los innumerables millones que han sido desfalcados de la Unión Europea.

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his passion for gambling led him to embezzle the money
su afición por el juego lo llevó a cometer el desfalco

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