embezzle
[ em-bez-uhl ]
/ ɛmˈbɛz əl /
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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.
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Origin of embezzle
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 < ?
OTHER WORDS FROM embezzle
em·bez·zle·ment, nounem·bez·zler, nounnon·em·bez·zle·ment, nounun·em·bez·zled, adjectiveWords nearby embezzle
Ember day, Ember days, ember goose, emberizine, Ember week, embezzle, embezzlement, embiggen, embiid, embiotocid, embitter
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British Dictionary definitions for embezzle
embezzle
/ (ɪmˈbɛzəl) /
verb
to convert (money or property entrusted to one) fraudulently to one's own use
Derived forms of embezzle
embezzlement, nounembezzler, nounWord Origin for embezzle
C15: from Anglo-French embeseiller to destroy, from Old French beseiller to make away with, of uncertain origin
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