embezzle
to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
Origin of embezzle
1Other words for embezzle
Other words from embezzle
- em·bez·zle·ment, noun
- em·bez·zler, noun
- non·em·bez·zle·ment, noun
- un·em·bez·zled, adjective
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How to use embezzle in a sentence
She plays the kidnapped wife of an embezzler opposite Tim Robbins, John Hawkes, and Isla Fisher.
Jennifer Aniston’s New Movie Sucks. What’s She Doing Wrong? | Kevin Fallon | August 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST"Perry Thomas guessed he was an embezzler," said Tim, putting the last dish in the cupboard and sitting down to his pipe.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydNow, more than ever before, he was interested in what the embezzler would say under their examination and cross-questioning.
The Winning Clue | James Hay, Jr.My father was Carleton Bennett, the embezzler, the thief, the man whose name was and is a disgrace all over the country.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine | Joseph C. LincolnThe embezzler is one man; the model citizen another, and yet both souls reside in the one body.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 | Elbert Hubbard
No young man takes a position in a banking-house with the deliberate intention of becoming an embezzler.
True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office | Arthur Train
British Dictionary definitions for embezzle
/ (ɪmˈbɛzəl) /
to convert (money or property entrusted to one) fraudulently to one's own use
Origin of embezzle
1Derived forms of embezzle
- embezzlement, noun
- embezzler, noun
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