imbezlement

English

Noun

imbezlement (countable and uncountable, plural imbezlements)

1. Obsolete form of embezzlement.
   • c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court

     […] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.