embezzle

Meaning

To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.

Synonyms

misappropriate

defraud

peculate

defalcate

swindle

cheat

steal

purloin

rob

rook

fleece

thieve

gyp

rip off

malversate

bilk

corrupt

divert

appropriate

embezzlement

deceive

abstract

pinch

rifle

scrounge

shoplift

slide

snitch

squander

swallow

swallow up

swipe

take

trick

accustom oneself to using

use for a long time

walk off with

abuse

take bribes

take graft

make disappear

betray

bewray

bolt

cop

👮

corruption

crib

devour

dissipate

drag

dupe

engulf

filch

give away

gorge

graft

gulp

kidnap

misapply

misemploy

nick

pilfer

Translations

détourner

unterschlagen

veruntreuen

desfalcar

malversar

divertir

verduisteren

dilapider

distraire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈbɛz.əl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: embesilen

In summary

From Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman embesiler, embesillier, embeseillier (“to steal, cause to disappear”), from em- + Old French besillier (“to torment, destroy, gouge”), of unknown origin.