embezzle
/im'bezl/
Definition
- Verb:
- To steal or misappropriate money or property that has been entrusted to one's care, typically in a professional or official capacity. This act involves a violation of trust and is done in a secretive or fraudulent manner.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The bank manager was caught trying to embezzle funds from customer accounts.
- She was convicted for embezzling over a million dollars from the charity over five years.
Advanced Usage
- "to embezzle from": This construction specifies the source from which money or property is stolen.
- The treasurer was accused of embezzling from the company pension fund.
Variants and Related Words
- Embezzlement (n): The crime or act of embezzling.
- He was charged with embezzlement and fraud.
- Embezzler (n): A person who embezzles.
- The embezzler used sophisticated methods to hide the theft.
Synonyms
- Misappropriate: To take something, especially money, dishonestly for one's own use.
- Defalcate: (Formal) To misuse funds; to embezzle.
- Peculate: (Formal) To embezzle, especially public money.
Related Phrases
- To siphon off funds: To gradually steal money, often over time and in a way that is not immediately obvious.
- The corrupt official siphoned off funds meant for public infrastructure.
- To cook the books: To falsify financial records, often to conceal embezzlement or other fraud.
- In order to hide the embezzlement, the accountant had been cooking the books for years.
Verb
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appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
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The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
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