embezzle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++em·bez·zle /ɪmˈbezəl/ verb [intransitive, transitive] SCCto steal money from the place where you work 盗用，挪用，贪污，侵吞〔款项〕 Two managers were charged with embezzling $400,000. 两名经理被控挪用了40万美元。 —embezzlement noun [uncountable] —embezzler noun [countable]► see thesaurus at steal→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
embezzle• Two managers were charged with embezzling $400,000 over a ten-year period.• The charge sheet reveals that Mr Milosevic and his fellow conspirators allegedly embezzled $ 400m in state funds.• It was clear that funds were being embezzled but who could be doing it?• The court was told that Julie had been embezzling funds for the last two years.• After embezzling funds he spent time in prison in the 80s.• He embezzled large amounts of money to finance his gambling.• Several years later she also killed Baily, who apparently had discovered that Christine Loyd was embezzling money from her.• Federal prosecutors have established that corrupt private contractors and government officials embezzled more than $ 2.5 million from the department.• His pickers embezzled one pound in twenty and disguised the weight loss by throwing the wool on to wet stones.• It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown's revenues.• DeRusha made the charges after he allegedly embezzled up to $ 619,000 from the Flynn committee.From Longman Business Dictionaryembezzleem‧bez‧zle /ɪmˈbezəl/ verb [intransitive, transitive]LAWACCOUNTING if someone embezzles money from the company or organization they work for, they steal it, perhaps over a period of time, and use it for themselvesAn American banker, accused of embezzling $13 million, yesterday gave himself up to the authorities. —embezzlement noun [uncountable]Several employees were imprisoned for embezzlement.charges relating to the embezzlement of public funds.→ See Verb tableOrigin embezzle (1400-1500) Anglo-French embeseiller, from Old French besillier “to destroy”em·bez·zle verbChineseSyllable
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embezzle
em‧bez‧zle /ɪmˈbezəl/
verb [intransitive and transitive]
Two managers were charged with embezzling $400,000.
—embezzlement noun [uncountable]
—embezzler noun [countable]
▪ steal to illegally take something that belongs to someone else: The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer equipment. | Thousands of cars get stolen every year.
▪take to steal something – used when it is clear from the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly: The boys broke into her house and took all her money. | They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery.
▪burgle British English, burglarize American English [usually passive] to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the owners are not there: Their house was burgled while they were away. | If you leave windows open, you are asking to be burgled.
▪rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or person: The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex. | An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own home. | He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store.
▪mug to attack someone in the street and steal something from them: People in this area are frightened of being mugged when they go out. | Someone tried to mug me outside the station.
▪nick/pinch British English informal to steal something: Someone’s nicked my wallet! | When I came back, my car had been pinched.
▪embezzle to steal money from the organization you work for, especially money that you are responsible for: Government officials embezzled more than $2.5 million from the department.
▪shoplifting stealing things from a shop by taking them when you think no one is looking: Shoplifting costs stores millions of pounds every year.
▪phishing the activity of dishonestly persuading people to give you their credit card details over the Internet, so that you can steal money from their bank account: Phishing is becoming very popular with computer criminals.
em‧bez‧zle /ɪmˈbezəl/
verb [intransitive and transitive] Date: 1400-1500
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: embeseiller, from Old French besillier 'to destroy'
to steal money from the place where you work:Language: Anglo-French
Origin: embeseiller, from Old French besillier 'to destroy'
—embezzlement noun [uncountable]
—embezzler noun [countable]
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