fouquet in A Sentence

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    An indiscrete purchase of an island, however, sealed Fouquet's fate and he was charged with embezzlement.

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    Furious at being one-upped, the king swiftly threw Fouquet into the Bastille prison and scooped up his château's creative team to produce an even grander palace at Versailles.

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    The public's perception was that figures such as Nicolas Fouquet, the Superintendent of Finances, had embezzled funds from the King to sustain his lifestyle(although Fouquet's lifestyle was no more decadent than his peers).

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