Synonyms for embezzle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : em-bez-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbɛz əl

Top 10 synonyms for embezzle

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Définition of embezzle

Origin : early 15c., from Anglo-French embesiler "to steal, cause to disappear" (c.1300), from Old French em- (see en- (1)) + besillier "torment, destroy, gouge," of unknown origin. Sense of "to dispose of fraudulently" is first recorded 1580s. Related: Embezzled; embezzling.

verb steal money, often from employer

Example sentences :

I don't say it was proved on the other hand that he did embezzle that sum.
Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade

Guzman, however, managed to embezzle a couple of partridges and some quails.
Extract from : « Legends & Romances of Spain » by Lewis Spence

I cannot believe that that man will ever embezzle money again.
Extract from : « Selections from Previous Works » by Samuel Butler

"Embezzle for him $70,000 worth of securities," thought the examiner.
Extract from : « Roads of Destiny » by O. Henry

In return they were always trying to beg or embezzle the treasure of the king at Susa.
Extract from : « A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution » by C. M. Williams

To appropriate another man's design was no more nor less than to embezzle his money or steal his goods.
Extract from : « A Laodicean » by Thomas Hardy

Embezzle a large sum of money under singularly distressing circumstances!
Extract from : « Erewhon » by Samuel Butler

The president, Wingfield, attempted to embezzle the public stores, and escape to the West Indies.
Extract from : « A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon » by John Lord, A.M.

It is base to filch a purse—daring to embezzle a million,—but it is immeasurably great to steal a diadem.
Extract from : « Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy » by Friedrich Schiller

If servants get not their meat honestly and decently, they will neglect their master's business, or embezzle his goods.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

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