embezzlement en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English embezzle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embezzlement From embezzle + -ment.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
He was arrested for embezzlement of company funds.
"Embezzlement, sir," commented Mr Carlyle icily. "But what is embezzlement on the top of wholesale murder!"
1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:charged with embezzlement
The case involved large-scale embezzlement.
corporate embezzlement
A major accident and embezzlement of its funds seem to have been the only disasters it escaped; and as to the latter, the most probable reason is that it never had any quantity of funds worth embezzling.
1959 October 14, Michael Robbins, “The Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 721:
- (countable, uncountable) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner. ▸ Such conversion from public property.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| embezzlements | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Relateds
forgery · fraud · embezzle · kleptocracy · corruptocracy · kakistocracy · usury · larceny · quackery
Synonyms
peculation · misappropriation · misappropriation
Translations (61)
tl paglustay (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · id penggelapan (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · bg присвояване (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · it appropriazione indebita (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ga cúigleáil (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · pl malwersacja (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · sh prȍnevera (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · cs defraudace (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · pl sprzeniewierzenie (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · pt fraude (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · nl zwendel (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · sh prȍnevjera (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · es peculado (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · it peculato (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · eo malversacio (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ru присвое́ние (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ar اِخْتِلَاس (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · lt grobstymas (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · tr hortumculuk (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · hi ग़बन (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · de Unterschlagung (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · es malversación (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · nl verduistering (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · hu hűtlen kezelés (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ja 猫糞 (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · da underslæb (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · pl defraudacja (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ru хище́ние (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · cmn 盜用 /盗用 (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · mk проневера (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · bg злоупотреба (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · sh про̏невјера (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · la pecūlātus (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ko 횡령 (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · cs zpronevěra (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · fr détournement (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · pt estelionato (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ja 横領 (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · cmn 侵吞 (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · es desfalco (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ka გაფლანგვა (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · pt desfalque (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · tr yolsuzluk (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · sv förskingring (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · es apropiación indebida (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ru растра́та (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ca malversació (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · fa اختلاس (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · fi kavallus (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · pt peculato (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · cmn 侵佔 /侵占 (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · tl panlulustay (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · hu sikkasztás (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · no underslag (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · tr ihtilas (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · ka მიტაცება (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · is fjárdráttur (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · sh про̏невера (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · el υπεξαίρεση (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · th การยักยอก (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner) · tr aşırtı (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner)