embezzler
One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employerOne who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.
» The paper vilified him as an embezzler.
Газета обличала его как казнокрада.
Газета громила его как растратчика.
Meaning
1 sensesOne who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.
1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary It appears that Hogg is the eeriest rogue, the most observable embezzler, that ever was known.
Veruntreuer, Veruntreuerin
казнокра́дkaznokrád, растра́тчикrastrátčik
someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use
Examples
4 sentencesThe paper vilified him as an embezzler.
ruГазета обличала его как казнокрада.
This evidence revealed him to be an embezzler.
Yanni is an embezzler.
The embezzlers have been apprehended.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From embezzle + -er.From embezzle + -er.
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Forms
plural: embezzlers| Singular | embezzler |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use:defalcatorpeculator