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Definition of embezzlement in English: embezzlementnoun ɛmˈbɛzlm(ə)ntəmˈbɛzəlmənt mass nounTheft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer. charges of fraud and embezzlement Example sentencesExamples - Not included in the cost are theft, embezzlement, suicide, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect.
- At the same time, some senior staff within the bank were involved in frauds and embezzlement.
- Several family members are being sought by Turkish prosecutors on suspicion of embezzlement and fraud.
- The legislation will simplify the law on larceny, fraudulent conversion, forgery and embezzlement.
- Corporate fraud and embezzlement have been familiar topics in newspaper headlines of recent years.
Synonyms misappropriation, theft, stealing, robbing, robbery, thieving, pilfering, pilferage, appropriation, abstraction, swindling white-collar crime, fraud, larceny, misuse of funds informal ripping off, filching, swiping, lifting, skimming, snaffling, monkey business British informal pinching, nicking, half-inching, whipping, nobbling formal peculation, defalcation, purloining
Definition of embezzlement in US English: embezzlementnounəmˈbezəlməntəmˈbɛzəlmənt Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer. charges of fraud and embezzlement Example sentencesExamples - Not included in the cost are theft, embezzlement, suicide, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect.
- Several family members are being sought by Turkish prosecutors on suspicion of embezzlement and fraud.
- The legislation will simplify the law on larceny, fraudulent conversion, forgery and embezzlement.
- Corporate fraud and embezzlement have been familiar topics in newspaper headlines of recent years.
- At the same time, some senior staff within the bank were involved in frauds and embezzlement.
Synonyms misappropriation, theft, stealing, robbing, robbery, thieving, pilfering, pilferage, appropriation, abstraction, swindling
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