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bezzle

The English word “bezzle” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To plunder; to lay waste to, in riot.
  2. To drink to excess; to revel.
  3. To squander.

noun

  1. The level or proportion of financial sector activity that consists of hidden embezzlement, varying in step with the business cycle.
  2. The time between when a confidence trickster has stolen money from an unsuspecting person and when that person realizes the money has been stolen.
  3. The difference between the short-term or current market value of an asset and its true long-term worth.

Etymology

From Middle English besilen, from Old French besiler, besillier (“to mistreat, pillage”); or shortened from English embezzle.

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