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em·bez·zle
\ə̇mˈbezəl, em-\ transitive verb
(embezzled ; embezzled ; embezzling \-z(ə)liŋ\ ; embezzles)
Etymology: Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-French embeseiller to destroy, embezzle, from Middle French em- en- (I) + besillier to destroy
1. obsolete
a. : to make away with
b. : to cause (as a document) to be destroyed, mutilated or falsified
2. obsolete : lessen; sometimes : weaken, squander, dissipate
3. : to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use (as property entrusted to one's care)
< embezzled a trust fund >
< succeeded in embezzling several thousand dollars > |