squandering

1. In order to prevent her from squandering cash, Zhang and his wife stopped giving her pocket money.

2. There is no effective supervision or punishment for the officials squandering taxpayers money.

3. Qatar came within five points of the Chinese at the end of the first quarter, despite squandering a series of chances.

4. Tymoshenko was sentenced seven years in prison for exceeding her power by signing a 2009 gas deal with Russia and squandering public funds.

5. squandering

5. Chinese government last week announced it would launch a " relentless fight " against gambling, with one of the focuses on preventing Chinese from squandering in casinos abroad.

6. Calls to prevent such squandering are coming from major caterers who are more sensitive about international food prices than the general public.

7. Bush for squandering international goodwill by rushing to invade Iraq, stressed that there was a " right way and a wrong way " to be strong.

8. An insider said that Kang was accused of squandering public funds and interfering with the bidding results of nuclear power projects.

9. They are obliged to do more charity work and lend more help to the poor, instead of showing off their wealth and status by squandering their money.

10. The top priority for these officials ought to be developing the local economy and lifting people out of poverty rather than squandering taxpayers'money.

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