embezzle
To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal…To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
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» Tom embezzled money from the company.
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Examples
19 sentencesTom embezzled money from the company.
How much money did Tom embezzle?
ruСколько денег Том присвоил? — Wezel
He embezzled the money from his office.
Meaning
1 sensesTo steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
unterschlagen, veruntreuen
присва́иватьprisváivatʹ, присво́итьprisvóitʹ, расхища́тьrasxiščátʹ
- appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
Origin
From Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman embesiler, embesillier, embeseillier (“toFrom Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman embesiler, embesillier, embeseillier (“to steal, cause to disappear”), from em- + Old French besillier (“to torment, destroy, gouge”), of unknown origin.
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Forms
embezzles, embezzling, embezzled, embezzledTenses
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use:defalcatepeculatemisappropriatemalversate
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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