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View usage for: (ɪmbezəl) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense embezzles, present participle embezzling, past tense, past participle embezzledverbIf someone embezzles money that their organization or company has placed in their care, they take it and use it illegally for their own purposes. One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds. [VERB noun] [Also VERB]Synonyms: misappropriate, steal, appropriate, rob More Synonyms of embezzle embezzle in British English (ɪmˈbɛzəl) verbto convert (money or property entrusted to one) fraudulently to one's own use Derived forms embezzlement (emˈbezzlement) noun embezzler (emˈbezzler) noun Word origin C15: from Anglo-French embeseiller to destroy, from Old French beseiller to make away with, of uncertain origin embezzle in American English (ɛmˈbɛzəl; ɪmˈbɛzəl) verb transitiveWord forms: emˈbezzled or emˈbezzling to steal (money, etc. entrusted to one's care); take by fraud for one's own use Derived forms embezzlement (emˈbezzlement) noun embezzler (emˈbezzler) noun Word origin ME embesilen < Anglo-Fr enbesiler < OFr embesillier < en- (see en- 1) + besillier, to destroy Examples of 'embezzle' in a sentenceembezzle In other languagesembezzle British English: embezzle VERB If someone embezzles money that their organization or company has placed in their care, they take it and use it illegally for their own purposes. A former director embezzled company funds. - American English: embezzle
- Brazilian Portuguese: desviar
- Chinese: 挪用 >钱款
- European Spanish: desfalcar
- French: détourner
- German: unterschlagen
- Italian: appropriarsi indebitamente di
- Japanese: 横領する
- Korean: 횡령하다
- European Portuguese: desviar
- Latin American Spanish: desfalcar
Definition to steal (money) that belongs to the company or organization that one works for The director embezzled $34 million in company funds. Synonyms rob trouser (slang) rip off (slang) knock off (slang) siphon off help yourself to defalcate (law) peculate Additional synonymsDefinition to take for one's own use without permission What do they think about your appropriating their music and culture? Synonyms steal, take, nick (slang, British), pocket, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), pirate, poach, swipe (slang), lift (informal), knock off (slang), heist (US, slang), embezzle, blag (slang), pilfer, misappropriate, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, plagiarize, thieve, peculate (literary) Definition to steal in small amounts I filched some notes from his wallet. Synonyms steal, take, thieve, pinch (informal), lift (informal), nick (slang, British), trouser (slang), abstract, rip off (slang), cabbage (British, slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), crib (informal), half-inch (old-fashioned, slang), embezzle, pilfer, walk off with, misappropriate, purloin (formal), snaffle (British, informal) Definition to steal We used to nick biscuits from the kitchen. Synonyms steal, pinch (informal), swipe (slang), pilfer, finger (slang), trouser (slang), knock off (slang), snitch (slang) - embellish
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