embezzles

Meaning of embezzles

verb, 3rd person present
  1. steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).
    she had embezzled £5,600,000 in company funds

late Middle English (in the sense ‘steal’): from Anglo-Norman French embesiler, from besiler in the same sense (compare with Old French besillier ‘maltreat, ravage’), of unknown ultimate origin. The current sense dates from the late 16th century.

Information about embezzles

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of embezzles is: embezzle.
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Hyphenation of embezzles

em-bez-zles

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • embezzles is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

embezzles synonyms

Meaning dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use:

misappropriate

Meaning take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it:

steal

Meaning steal:

rob, nick

Meaning be a thief; steal something:

thieve

Meaning steal (things of little value):

pilfer

Meaning take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission:

appropriate

Meaning consider something theoretically or separately from (something else):

abstract

Meaning put into one's pocket:

pocket

Meaning lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold:

take

Meaning pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way:

filch

Meaning hit or try to hit with a swinging blow:

swipe

Meaning raise to a higher position or level:

lift

Meaning remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid:

skim

Meaning take (something) for oneself, typically quickly or without permission:

snaffle

Meaning steal or take without permission:

pinch

Meaning steal (something):

whip, purloin

Meaning obtain dishonestly; steal:

nobble

Meaning embezzle or steal (money, especially public funds):

peculate

Meaning embezzle (funds with which one has been entrusted):

defalcate

Words that rhyme with embezzles

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