embezzlement

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the fraudulent theft or misappropriation of money or property entrusted to one's care

   The accountant was convicted of embezzlement after diverting client funds into a personal account.

From embezzle + -ment. Embezzle continues Middle English embesilen ('to steal or make away with'), probably from Anglo-French embesiller; its deeper origin is uncertain.

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