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embezzle

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
embezzle/ɪmˈbezl/

▶verb steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or under one's control).

– derivatives
embezzlement noun,
embezzler noun.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘steal’): from Anglo-Norman Fr. embesiler, from besiler, of unknown ultimate origin.

'embezzle' also found in these Oxford entries:

defalcate - skim

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