embezzler en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ɪm-/ (General-American)
Etymology
From embezzle + -er.
Meanings
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One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.
There’s good reason to worry. In an earlier memoir, “Five-Finger Discount,” Stapinski recreated the terrifying world of swindlers, embezzlers, burglars and mobster wannabes who made up her extended Jersey City family.
2017 June 23, Max Byrd, “A Trip to Southern Italy to Shed Light on a Family Scandal”, in The New York Times:1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary It appears that Hogg is the eeriest rogue, the most observable embezzler, that ever was known.
At the time, I was deeply involved with the handsome embezzler who led a major telecom company into bankruptcy.
2003, Will and Grace (TV, episode 5.23)That word is bezzle. It describes the period in which an embezzler has stolen a man's money but the victim does not yet realize he's been swindled.
2015 December 3, Tracy Alloway, “There's Been a Bezzle-Fueled Boom in Bonds”, in Markets, Bloomberg News, retrieved 16 Aug 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| embezzlers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (20)
da person, der begår underslæb (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · es presupuestívoro (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · sw tapeli (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · nn underslagar (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · tl manlulustay (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · da kassebedrager (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · bn চাঁদাবাজ (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · sv förskingrare (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · nb underslager (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · ru казнокра́д (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · ga cúigleálaí (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · pt estelionatário (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · la āversor (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · la pecūlātor (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · de Veruntreuerin (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · de Veruntreuer (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · es malversador (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · ota خرسز (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · ru растра́тчик (one who steals money they have been trusted with) · af bedrieër (one who steals money they have been trusted with)