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Diverted? Took employers money without permission? Why won’t they just use the word we have that describes this?!
by stcroixx 3y ago
Diverted? Took employers money without permission? Why won’t they just use the word we have that describes this?!
- karaterobot 3y agoBecause the facts have not been settled in court, and that's the word you use until you know the correct one.
- AdrianB1 3y agoAnd how is an euphemism make it different?
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> that's the word you use until you know the correct one "Accused of" and "allegedly" do this adequately. We don't know if this is embezzlement or if the firm's financial controls were so loose the CFO could plausibly and single-handedly "divert" cash like this. The title is generous, not incorrect.
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- iudqnolq 3y agoIf we don't know whether someone stole money the appropriate thing to do is say exactly that. Not make up something else and say that's what they might have done.
- danielheath 3y agoLegally speaking, Theft implies both the act of taking, and intent to deprive the owner. Presumably he’s going to claim he intended to be the hero who doubled their runway with a clever trick, in which case “diverting” is the appropriate word.
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoEmbezzlement. The word you're looking for is embezzlement.