embezzle

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embezzle

/ɪmˈbɛz.əl/ UK
/ɪmˈbɛz.əl/ Canada, US
/ɛmˈbɛz.əl/ Canada, US
/əmˈbɛz.əl/
/ɪmˈbez.əl/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɛzəl

Where it comes from

From 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.

verb embezzles · embezzling · embezzled

To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works. You waste your education in burglary. You should do one of two things. Either you should forge or you should embezzle. For my own part, I embezzle.
Similar: defalcate, have one's hand in the till, misappropriate, peculate, skim

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verb to steal money that one has been trusted with

Español	malversar, desfalcar, defalcar, festinar
한국어	횡령하다 hoengnyeong-hada
中文	挪用 nuóyòng, 私吞 sītūn
Português	desviar
Français	détourner, divertir
Deutsch	unterschlagen, veruntreuen
Italiano	malversare, commettere peculato
Ελληνικά	υπεξαιρώ ypexairó
Русский	присва́ивать prisváivatʹ, присво́ить prisvóitʹ, расхища́ть rasxiščátʹ, расхи́тить rasxítitʹ
العربية	غَلَّ ḡalla, اِخْتَلَسَ iḵtalasa
עברית	מעל ma'ál

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@misc{embezzle_2026,
  title = {embezzle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/embezzle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}