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| 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 |
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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
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| [15th century. < Anglo-Norman embesiler "steal" < Old French besillier "gouge, destroy"] |
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  em·bez·zle·ment noun |
| em·bez·zler noun |
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