embezzlement

🇬🇧 UK/im'bezlmәnt/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

The crime of fraudulently taking money or property that one has been entrusted to manage.

挪用公款,贪污;盗用(财物)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
emto put into, to cause
+
bezzroot
+
leconnector
+
mentaction, result, state
=embezzlement

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The accountant was convicted of embezzlement after stealing company funds over five years.

  • 2.

    A government investigation uncovered massive embezzlement in the pension fund.

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