embezzle

em·bez·zle  (m-bzl)

tr.v. em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling, em·bez·zles

To take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust.

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[Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman enbesiler : Old French en-, intensive pref.; see en-¹ + Old French besillier, to ravage.]

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em·bezzle·ment n.

em·bezzler n.

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embezzle

Verb

[-zling, -zled] to steal (money) that belongs to the company or organization that one works for [Anglo-French embeseiller to destroy]

embezzlement n
embezzler n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

embezzle - appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" defalcate, malversate, misappropriate, peculate fiddle - commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

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embezzle

verb misappropriate, steal, appropriate, rob, pocket, nick (slang), chiefly Brit. pinch (informal) rip off (slang) siphon off, pilfer, purloin, filch, help yourself to, thieve, defalcate Law peculate

Translations

embezzle [ɪmˈbɛzl] vt → desfalcar, malversar

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embezzle [ɪmˈbɛzl] vt → détourner

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embezzle [ɪmˈbɛzl] vt → unterschlagen

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embezzle [ɪmˈbɛzl] vt → appropriarsi indebitamente di