embezzlingn.
/ɛmˈbɛzlɪŋ/ The action of embezzle v., in various senses.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun]
theft688
stalec950
stealc1200
stoutha1300
stealing13..
stealtha1325
lifting1362
briberya1387
stoutheriec1440
larcenya1475
larcerya1500
conveyancea1529
thieving1530
bribing1533
larcinc1535
embezzling1540
embezzlement1548
thiefdom?1549
theftdom1566
bribering1567
milling1567
thievery1568
larcinry1634
panyarring1703
abduction1766
smugging1825
pickup1846
lurking1851
make1860
tea-leafing1899
snitching1933
lapping1950
the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > fraudulently
embezzling1540
1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 48 Al..wastes, imbesselinges..and misusynge of the seyd artilleries, stores.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xi. i. 224 Embesilling of goods committed by the master to the seruant.
1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 233 The embezelling of any Record.
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xv. §26. 324 By careless embezelling of them.
1665 A. Marvell Let. to Mayor of Hull 22 Oct. in Wks. (1875) I. 184 Another Bill to prevent the imbezelling of prize goods.
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