embezzle

🇬🇧 UK/im'bezl/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To fraudulently steal money or property that one has been entrusted to manage.

挪用,盗用(公款);贪污

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
embezzleother
=embezzle

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The accountant was caught embezzling funds from the company.

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