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   embezzle

   /ɪmˈbɛzl/

   verb

   • 1. steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works): "she had embezzled £5,600,000 in company funds"

   Word Origin 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 century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. embezzler noun

   Scrabble Points: 30

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   • M

     3

   • B

     3

   • E

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   • Z

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   • Z

     10

   • L

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   • E

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