embezzler
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ/, /ɪm-/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]embezzler (plural embezzlers)
- One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.
- 1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary
- It appears that Hogg is the eeriest rogue, the most observable embezzler, that ever was known.
- 2003, Will and Grace (TV, episode 5.23)
- At the time, I was deeply involved with the handsome embezzler who led a major telecom company into bankruptcy.
- 2015 December 3, Tracy Alloway, “There's Been a Bezzle-Fueled Boom in Bonds”, in Markets[1], Bloomberg News, retrieved 2021-08-16:
- That word is bezzle. It describes the period in which an embezzler has stolen a man's money but the victim does not yet realize he's been swindled.
- 2017 June 23, Max Byrd, “A Trip to Southern Italy to Shed Light on a Family Scandal”, in The New York Times[2]:
- There’s good reason to worry. In an earlier memoir, “Five-Finger Discount,” Stapinski recreated the terrifying world of swindlers, embezzlers, burglars and mobster wannabes who made up her extended Jersey City family.
- 1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]one who steals money they have been trusted with
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