embezzle
[em-bez-uhl]
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 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 < ?
Synonyms for embezzle
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Related Words for embezzler
burglar, sniper, pickpocket, bandit, crook, swindler, criminal, pirate, robber, mugger, prowler, clip, cheat, hijacker, punk, plunderer, kleptomaniac, pilferer, larcenist, stealerExamples from the Web for embezzler
Contemporary Examples of embezzler
She plays the kidnapped wife of an embezzler opposite Tim Robbins, John Hawkes, and Isla Fisher.
Historical Examples of embezzler
The rumors, always contradicted, that the embezzler had been caught!
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
It becomes you well—you, the cheat, the embezzler, the swindler.
The Mystery of Lincoln's InnRobert Machray
Surely, he had not been the embezzler, the libertine, the assassin!
The Key to YesterdayCharles Neville Buck
Those are the only two places where an embezzler is comparatively safe these days.
On Secret ServiceWilliam Nelson Taft
These men who were robbed say that you are an embezzler, a thief.
The Taming of Red Butte WesternFrancis Lynde
embezzle
verb
Word 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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