English
Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /�m�b�z�l/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�z�l|-�z�l
Verb
en-verb|embezzl|ing
- to steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from one's employer
#*1903, H.G. Wells, Twelve Stories and a Dream
#*:You waste your education in burglary. You should do one of two things. Either you should forge or you should embezzle. For my own part, I embezzle.
#*1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner
#*:You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?
Derived terms
embezzler
embezzlement
io:embezzle
te:embezzle
vi:embezzle
zh:embezzle
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