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1. (v.t.) embezzle
to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money entrusted to one's care.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < AF embeseiller to destroy, make away with =em-em -1+beseiller, OF: to destroy)
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1. (verb) embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
"The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
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1. (verb) embezzle
to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust
2. (verb) embezzle
to misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance
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Sense: to take dishonestly (money that has been entrusted to oneself)
As the firm's accountant, he embezzled $20,000 in two years.
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 Afrikaans: verduister |
 Arabic: يَخْتَلِس |
 Bulgarian: злоупотербявам |
 Brazilian: desviar |
 Czech: zpronevěřit |
 German: veruntreuen |
 Danish: begå underslæb; misbruge |
 Greek: καταχρώμαι |
 Spanish: malversar, desfalcar |
 Estonian: omastama |
 Farsi: اختلاس کردن |
 Finnish: kavaltaa |
 French: détourner |
 Hebrew: לִמעוֹל |
 Hindi: गबन करना |
 Croatian: pronevjeriti |
 Hungarian: (el)sikkaszt |
 Indonesian: menggelapkan |
 Icelandic: draga sér fé |
 Italian: sottrarre |
 Japanese: 使い込む |
 Korean: 횡령하다 |
 Lithuanian: pasisavinti, išeikvoti |
 Latvian: piesavināties (uzticētu n |
 Malay: menggelapkan |
 Dutch: verduisteren |
 Norwegian: begå underslag, underslå |
 Polish: sprzeniewierzyć |
 Persian: اختلاس کردن |
 Pashto: اختلاس كول، امانت خيا نتو |
 Portuguese: desviar |
 Romanian: a delapida |
 Russian: растрачивать |
 Slovak: spreneveriť |
 Slovenian: poneveriti |
 Serbian: utajiti |
 Swedish: försnilla, förskingra |
 Thai: ยักยอกเงิน |
 Turkish: zimmetine geçirmek, aşırm |
 Taiwanese: 侵吞(財物)，盜用(公款) |
 Ukrainian: привласнювати, розтрачува |
 Urdu: غبن کرنا |
 Vietnamese: biển thủ |
 Chinese: 贪污，盗用（公款） |
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