embezzle

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /əmˈbɛzəl/

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Verb

Plain form embezzle

Third-person singular embezzles

Past tense embezzled

Past participle embezzled

Present participle embezzling

1. (law) (business) If you embezzle, you steal money from the organisation that you are working for.

Related words

• embezzlement