embezzle
[ em-bez-uhl ]
/ ɛmˈbɛz əl /
verb (used with object), em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling.
to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
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, adjectiveWords nearby embezzle
ember day,
ember days,
ember goose,
ember week,
emberizine,
embezzle,
embezzlement,
embiid,
embiotocid,
embitter,
embla
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British Dictionary definitions for embezzle
embezzle
/ (ɪmˈbɛzəl) /
verb
to convert (money or property entrusted to one) fraudulently to one's own use
Derived forms of embezzle
embezzlement, noun embezzler, nounWord Origin for embezzle
C15: from Anglo-French
embeseiller to destroy, from Old French
beseiller to make away with, of uncertain origin