embezzle
/ɪmˈbezl/verb
with obj.
- steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works)盗用, 挪用(公款); 侵吞(财物):
she had embezzled $5,600,000 in company funds.
她挪用了560万美元公司基金。
派生词
embezzlement
nounembezzler
noun词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'steal'): from Anglo-Norman French embesiler, from besiler in the same sense (compare with Old French besillier 'maltreat, ravage'), of unknown ultimate origin. The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.