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embezzle
What does embezzle mean?
embezzle (verb): to steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organization for which one works.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use embezzle in a sentence?
- The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce embezzle?
/ɪmˈbɛzəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does embezzle come from?
From Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman embesiler, embesillier, embeseillier (“to steal, cause to disappear”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to embezzle
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “embezzle” mean?
to steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organization for which one works
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to hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account
Not quite: that's what deem means.
to make (something) unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required)
Not quite: that's what obviate means.
to calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate
Not quite: that's what placate means.
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