embezzleverb [ I or T ]
uk/ɪmˈbez.əl/us/ɪmˈbez.əl/to secretly take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for:
She embezzled thousands of dollars from the charity.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- launder
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- siphon sth off
- suborn
- swindle
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embezzlement
noun [ U ] uk/ɪmˈbez.əl.mənt/us/ɪmˈbez.əl.mənt/
They were arrested for embezzlement of company funds.
embezzler
noun [ C ] uk/ɪmˈbez.lər/us/ɪmˈbez.lɚ/