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embezzle

em·bez·zle [ em bézz'l ] (past and past participle em·bez·zled, present participle em·bez·zling, 3rd person present singular em·bez·zles)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
misuse entrusted money or property: to take for personal use money or property that has been given on trust by others, without their knowledge or permission

[15th century. < Anglo-Norman embesiler "steal" < Old French besillier "gouge, destroy"]

em·bez·zle·ment noun
em·bez·zler noun

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See steal.

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