embezzle 音标拼音: [ɪmb'ɛzəl]
vt . 盗用,挪用
盗用,挪用
embezzle v 1 :
appropriate (
as property entrusted to one '
s care )
fraudulently to one '
s own use ; "
The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family "
[
synonym : {
embezzle }, {
defalcate }, {
peculate },
{
misappropriate }, {
malversate }]
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{
Embezzling }.] [
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F .
embeseiller to destroy ;
cf .
OF .
besillier to ill treat ,
ravage ,
destroy .
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Bezzle }.]
1 .
To appropriate fraudulently to one '
s own use ,
as property intrusted to one '
s care ;
to apply to one '
s private uses by a breach of trust ;
as ,
to embezzle money held in trust .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To misappropriate ;
to waste ;
to dissipate in extravagance .
[
Obs .]
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To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming .
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Sharp .
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1913 Webster ]
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "
embezzle ":
abstract ,
abuse ,
and ,
annex ,
appropriate ,
bag ,
befoul ,
boost ,
borrow ,
convert ,
cop ,
crib ,
debase ,
defalcate ,
defile ,
defraud ,
desecrate ,
divert ,
extort ,
filch ,
foul ,
hook ,
lift ,
loot ,
make off with ,
maladminister ,
misapply ,
misappropriate ,
misemploy ,
mishandle ,
mismanage ,
misuse ,
nip ,
palm ,
peculate ,
pervert ,
pilfer ,
pinch ,
poach ,
pollute ,
profane ,
prostitute ,
purloin ,
run away with ,
rustle ,
scrounge ,
shoplift ,
snare ,
snatch ,
snitch ,
steal ,
swindle ,
swipe ,
take ,
thieve ,
violate ,
walk off with
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