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embezzler

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Etymology

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From embezzle +‎ -er.

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Noun

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embezzler (plural embezzlers)

  1. 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.

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