Politics and pilfering.Controversy over alleged embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. from an AIDS organization spilled into Al Gore's presidential campaign in mid April when the vice president selected Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. governor Pedro Rossello to head his 2000 campaign in the U.S. territory. Rossello has been identified as a recipient of federal AIDS money stolen from the San Juan San Juan, city, Argentina San Juan (săn wän, Span. sän hwän), city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region. AIDS Institute. Rossello's name came up in the trial of three administrators accused of diverting di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. about $2.2 million from the now-defunct institute to buy political favors and line their own pockets. The Gore campaign stood by Rossello in his denial of any link to the scandal. Said Roger Salazar, a Gore campaign officer: "We've discussed this with the governor's people, and we believe him." |
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