embezzle

embezzle
verb
  1. [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
  1. 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
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