embezzle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

em·bez·zle [embezzle embezzles embezzled embezzling] BrE [ɪmˈbezl] NAmE [ɪmˈbezl] verb transitive, intransitive ~ (sth)
to steal money that you are responsible for or that belongs to your employer
•He was found guilty of embezzling $150 000 of public funds.
Derived Words: ↑embezzlement ▪ ↑embezzler
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Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘steal’): from Anglo-Norman French embesiler, from besiler in the same sense (compare with Old French besillier ‘maltreat, ravage’), of unknown ultimate origin. The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate