embezzlement
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- noun
- /ɪmˈbɛzlmənt/
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- The accountant was charged with embezzlement after stealing funds from the company.
- embezzlement charges
- embezzlement of funds
- fraud and embezzlement
But sure enough turned turned up immediately they they've been in she'd been in prison for embezzlement from a former employer.
- But sure enough turned turned up immediately they they've been in she'd been in prison for embezzlement from a former employer.
- It's a movie about an upscale rich guy played by Will Ferrell, who's basically been falsely accused of embezzlement and is going to jail.
- Crimes such as fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion show a lack of moral character.
- There's a murder, there's a embezzlement.
Examples
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Crimes such as fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion show a lack of moral character.
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One morning he was suffering guilt pangs over his embezzlement of school funds.
Fiction book (2002) -
Did the detective ask you anything about the embezzlement?
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I know that's what you want people to believe, but I gotta tell you, embezzlement is a serious matter.
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Financial data that implicates someone in this company of major embezzlement.
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The director, Billy Dale, charged with embezzlement, was acquitted in less than two hours by the jury.
Blog text (29) -
Columbia, Mo. -- The University of Missouri in Columbia is investigating a possible case of employee embezzlement.
Academic text (2017) -
Gary, the VP of finance, sent an update that recovery from the $500,000 embezzlement was nearly complete.
Fiction book (1999) -
In other news, James Burdock, former president of the Citizens' Savings and Loan has been indicted on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
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The expenditure should be properly monitored to avoid wastage of scarce resources and embezzlement.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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Deceiving someone to get money or an unfair advantage
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Taking money or things you were trusted with and using them for yourself
A crime of illegally taking money or things someone gave you to look after and keeping them for yourself
Using money or property given to you in a dishonest way for personal gain
To take money or property you are trusted to manage without permission
Stealing money or property given to you to look after, especially by a government worker
Illegally moving money or goods to use for yourself
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Embezzlement comes from older word parts where em- means 'in' and the rest once suggested putting something into someone's care. So a helpful way to remember it is that embezzlement is secretly taking money that was 'trusted' to you to 'look after'.