单词	embezzlement
释义	embezzleem‧bez‧zle /ɪmˈbezəl/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINembezzle Origin: 1400-1500 Anglo-French embeseiller, from Old French besillier ‘to destroy’ Verb Table VERB TABLE embezzle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they embezzle he, she, it embezzles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they embezzled Present perfect I, you, we, they have embezzled he, she, it has embezzled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had embezzled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will embezzle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have embezzled Continuous Form Present I am embezzling he, she, it is embezzling you, we, they are embezzling Past I, he, she, it was embezzling you, we, they were embezzling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been embezzling he, she, it has been embezzling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been embezzling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be embezzling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been embezzling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He embezzled large amounts of money to finance his gambling. The court was told that Julie had been embezzling funds for the last two years. Two managers were charged with embezzling $400,000 over a ten-year period. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After embezzling funds he spent time in prison in the 80s. DeRusha made the charges after he allegedly embezzled up to $ 619, 000 from the Flynn committee. Federal prosecutors have established that corrupt private contractors and government officials embezzled more than $ 2.5 million from the department. His pickers embezzled one pound in twenty and disguised the weight loss by throwing the wool on to wet stones. It was clear that funds were being embezzled but who could be doing it? It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown's revenues. Several years later she also killed Baily, who apparently had discovered that Christine Loyd was embezzling money from her. The charge sheet reveals that Mr Milosevic and his fellow conspirators allegedly embezzled $ 400m in state funds. Thesaurus THESAURUS► steal to illegally take something that belongs to someone else: · The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer equipment.· Thousands of cars get stolen every year. ► take to steal something – used when it is clear from the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly: · The boys broke into her house and took all her money.· They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery. ► burgle British English, burglarize American English [usually passive] to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the owners are not there: · Their house was burgled while they were away.· If you leave windows open, you are asking to be burgled. ► rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or person: · The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex.· An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own home.· He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store. ► mug to attack someone in the street and steal something from them: · People in this area are frightened of being mugged when they go out.· Someone tried to mug me outside the station. ► nick/pinch British English informal to steal something: · Someone’s nicked my wallet!· When I came back, my car had been pinched. ► embezzle to steal money from the organization you work for, especially money that you are responsible for: · Government officials embezzled more than $2.5 million from the department. ► shoplifting stealing things from a shop by taking them when you think no one is looking: · Shoplifting costs stores millions of pounds every year. ► phishing the activity of dishonestly persuading people to give you their credit card details over the Internet, so that you can steal money from their bank account: · Phishing is becoming very popular with computer criminals. Longman Language Activatorto steal money that you have been trusted to look after► embezzle to steal money from the place where you work, especially over a long period of time: · The court was told that Julie had been embezzling funds for the last two years.· He embezzled large amounts of money to finance his gambling. ► misappropriate formal to steal money that you had been trusted to keep safe: · During the trial, Raabe admitted that he misappropriated $80,000 of church funds. ► have your fingers in the till British informal to steal money from the place where you work, especially when your work involves handling money: · They knew that money was going missing and Davy was eventually caught with his fingers in the till. the crime of stealing► theft · This warehouse is not adequately protected against theft or vandalism.· The mayor is taking credit for decreases in theft since he took office.car/luggage/bicycle etc theft · The rate of bicycle theft in this area is very high. ► robbery the crime of stealing money or other things from a bank, shop etc, especially by using threats or violence: · Perkins was given five years in prison for robbery with violence.· Robbery was believed to be the motive for the killing.armed robbery (=when robbers carry weapons): · He made two escape attempts while serving a sentence for armed robbery. ► burglary the crime of illegally entering a house, office etc and stealing things: · Foster had been in prison twice already for burglary.· Burglary, murder and rape are all on the increase.· If you live in an area where burglary is common, it may be worth investing in an alarm system. ► shoplifting the crime of taking things from shops without paying for them: · Shoplifting cost the major stores millions of dollars last year. ► embezzlement the crime of stealing money from the place where you work, especially over a long period of time: · Taylor left the country to escape charges of embezzlement.embezzlement of: · The judge sentenced Walker to five years in prison for embezzlement of state funds. ► joyriding the crime of stealing a car and driving it very fast for fun: · Anyone found guilty of joyriding can now be sentenced for up to five years in prison. ► larceny the crime of stealing -- used especially in the American legal system: · Brook now faces probable jail after an indictment for larceny and income tax evasion. WORD SETS► Crime abet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► funds · After embezzling funds he spent time in prison in the 80s. to steal money from the place where you work:  Two managers were charged with embezzling $400,000.—embezzlement noun [uncountable]—embezzler noun [countable]► see thesaurus at steal
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