verb
embezzle
Embezzle (verb) means to steal money that has been placed in your care, especially from your employer.
verb
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To steal money that has been placed in your care, especially from your employer.
"A major accident and embezzlement of its funds seem to have been the only disasters it escaped; and as to the latter, the most probable reason is that it never had any quantity of funds worth embezzling."
— Michael Robbins, The Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (1959)
"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."
— H. G. Wells, Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation (1903)
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman embesiler, embesillier, embeseillier ("to steal, cause to disappear"), from em- plus Old French besillier ("to torment, destroy, gouge"), of unknown origin.
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What is the meaning of embezzle?
"embezzle" (verb) means to steal money that has been placed in your care, especially from your employer.
What is another word for embezzle?
Other words for "embezzle" include misappropriate, malversate, defalcate, peculate.
