embezzled
past simple and past participle ofembezzle
embezzle
verb[IorT]
uk/ɪmˈbez.əl/us/ɪmˈbez.əl/tosecretlytakemoneythat is inyourcareor thatbelongsto anorganizationorbusinessyouworkfor:
She embezzled thousands ofdollarsfromthecharity.
Synonym
misappropriateformal
to steal something
- stealI caught him trying to steal my bike.
- takeSomeone took their car from outside the house.
- shopliftHe was caught shoplifting by a security guard.
- robHe robbed a bank.
- burgleUKWhen she got home from work, she discovered that her house had been burgled.
- pilferEmployees pilfering paper, pens, etc. can cost employers a lot.
Fraud & corruption
- anti-bribery
- anti-corruption
- anti-counterfeiting
- anti-fraud
- Augean
- bribe
- dolus
- embezzle
- embezzlement
- extortion
- false accounting
- insider dealing
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- match-fixing
- money laundering
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phishing
- pyramid scheme
- siphon
Examplesofembezzled
embezzled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In addition, domestic weaversembezzledsome of the yarn lent by their clothiers in order to sell it on the black market.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Jones is responsible on this view for her employer's funds beingembezzled, because she could have prevented it.
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Moreover, support for wine amounts to an irresponsible waste of taxpayers' money, which not infrequently is actuallyembezzled.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It appears that a sum between £50 and £100 may have beenembezzledby falsification of records and forgery of payment vouchers.
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Balance sheets are being falsified, fundsembezzled, and false information deftly fed to the public.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It appears that the typical thing is for the earnings of these commandeered labourers to beembezzled.
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He quoted the case of a solicitor whoembezzled£1,500 which had been entrusted to him by someone who wanted to clear his name.
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An instance was related to me of the agent of a firm who hadembezzledmoney.
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There is the case of the man who slips into crime of another kind, such as the defaulting solicitor, or the bank manager who hasembezzledhis bank's funds.
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The unfortunate shareholders are not only to suffer the loss of their money through embezzlement, but are also to be deprived of their licence because their secretary hasembezzled.
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Let us say that some foolish person had put into the hands of a solicitor who turned out to be fraudulent the sum of £1 million and the sum wasembezzled.
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A couple of days later, stories began to emerge that millions of dollars had beenembezzledby government officials colluding to defraud the state.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She fights him off, and in the process finds the money that he hasembezzledfrom her family for the duration of his employment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Casey later denied knowing how theembezzled$250,000 had been used.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company assets were found to beembezzledsoon afterward.
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- major issue
- majority
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- majority leader
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- majority of people
- majority opinion
- majority opinion
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- majority owner
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