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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : em-bez-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbɛz əl |
Definition of embezzlement
Origin :- 1540s, from embezzle + -ment.
- noun stealing money, often from employer
- "But you have an easy time: you didn't mind Brown's embezzlement," said Harry.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
- I admit I'm wanted in New York on a trumped-up charge of embezzlement.
- Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
- The world judged me guilty of embezzlement, but before God I am innocent!
- Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
- Her husband, a Victorian official, was serving five years for embezzlement.
- Extract from : « The Ebbing Of The Tide » by Louis Becke
- He may have been a clerk and been condemned for forgery or embezzlement.
- Extract from : « Condemned as a Nihilist » by George Alfred Henty
- Asconius assigns this to the accusation of embezzlement in Africa.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
- The most flagrant is the embezzlement of money entrusted to their care.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- Embezzlement, forgery, crooked stock dealing—it's all stealing.
- Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
- The letter says that my father was sentenced to the penitentiary, charged with embezzlement.
- Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
- "Embezzlement is rife in the kitchen in despite all I can do," he said.
- Extract from : « Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. III. (of III) » by Rosalie Kaufman
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