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embezzle
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[ɛmˈbɛzl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works)
(e.g: she had embezzled £5,600,000 in company funds)
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Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘steal’): from Anglo-Norman French embesiler, from besiler in the same sense (compare with Old French besillier ‘maltreat, ravage’), of unknown ultimate origin. The current sense dates from the late 16th century
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