embezzle
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɛz.əl/
The English word “embezzle” has 1 meaning listed here.
verb
- To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
Etymology
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.
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