embezzle

US: /ɪmˈbɛzəɫ/
UK: /ɛmbˈɛzə‍l/


English Vietnamese dictionary


embezzle /im'bezl/
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    • biển thủ, tham ô (tiền...)

Advanced English dictionary


+ verb
to steal money that you are responsible for or that belongs to your employer: [VN] He was found guilty of embezzling $150 000 of public funds. [also V]
embezzlement noun [U]: She was found guilty of embezzlement.
embezzler noun

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
misappropriate, peculate, misapply, misuse, steal, make off or away with, filch, pilfer, purloin, Law defalcate; Colloq have one's hand in the till:
The treasurer had embezzled half a million from the company.

Concise English dictionary


embezzles|embezzled|embezzlingɪm'bezl
verb
+appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use