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verb (used with object), em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling.
to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English embesilen < Anglo-French embeseiller to destroy, make away with, equivalent to em- em-1 + beseiller, Old French beseiller to destroy < ?
1375–1425; late Middle English embesilen < Anglo-French embeseiller to destroy, make away with, equivalent to em- em-1 + beseiller, Old French beseiller to destroy < ?
Related forms
em·bez·zle·ment, noun
em·bez·zler, noun
non·em·bez·zle·ment, noun
un·em·bez·zled, adjective
Synonyms
misappropriate.
misappropriate.
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Embezzlement
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- King was charged with one count of theft and embezzlement and eight counts of money laundering.
- The jury then returned into court nine indictments for embezzlement for public money.
- He was indicted on five counts of embezzlement and three counts of obtaining.
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Cultural Dictionary
embezzlement definition
The stealing of money entrusted to one's care: “The treasurer of the company embezzled a million dollars.”
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