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- pronunciation:
- ihm
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
embezzles, embezzling, embezzled |
definition: |
to steal what was put in one's care.
The vice-president embezzled the money from the bank and left the country.- similar words:
- steal, swindle
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derivations: |
embezzlement (n.), embezzler (n.) |
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