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Definitions for Embezzle

[1] to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
[2] to convert (money or property entrusted to one) fraudulently to one's own use

Words related to Embezzle

misappropriate, pilfer, purloin, filch, appropriate, skim, misuse, loot, abstract, thieve, misapply, forge, peculate, defalcate

Words nearby Embezzle

ember day, ember days, ember goose, ember week, emberizine, embezzle, embezzlement, embiid, embiotocid, embitter, embla

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 < ?

Other words from Embezzle

em·bez·zle·ment , noun
em·bez·zler , noun
non·em·bez·zle·ment , noun
un·em·bez·zled , adjective

Word origin for Embezzle

C15: from Anglo-French embeseiller to destroy, from Old French beseiller to make away with, of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Embezzle

appropriate, filch, loot, misappropriate, misuse, pilfer, purloin, skim, abstract, defalcate, forge, misapply, peculate, thieve, put hand in cookie jar, put hand in till