[with obj.]steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works) 盗用,挪用(公款);侵吞(财物) she had embezzled $5,600,000 in company funds. 她挪用了560万美元公司基金。
派生 embezzlement noun embezzler noun 语源
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 cent