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embezzlement|ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lmənt|
Also 6 embecil-, embasel-, 7 embezzil-, imbezle-.
[f. embezzle v. + -ment; in AF. (1404) embesilement.]
The action of embezzling. †a. In senses of embezzle 1–3 (obs.). b. (The mod. sense.) Fraudulent appropriation of entrusted property.
1548Gest Pr. Masse 75 What is sacriledge..but an embecilment and stelthe of an holy thing out of an holy place. 1579Wills & Inv. N.C. (1860) II. 234 note, To be restored, withoute anye kinde of embaselmente. 1645Milton Colast. Wks. (1851) 356 Those weak supposes of..portions and joyntures likely to incurr imbezlement heerby. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) I. 205 The lightness which is remarked in the coins of Edward VI. was owing to the embezzlements of this person. 1786Burke Articles agst. W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 166 Fraud, peculation, and embezzlement. 1813Wellington in Gurw. Disp. X. 152 That punishment which is attached to embezzlement. 1886Pall Mall G. 11 Dec. 6/1 Embezzlement is the appropriation by a clerk or servant of money coming into his hands on his master's account. |