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embezzled

/em-bez-uhl/US // ɛmˈbɛz əl //UK // (ɪmˈbɛzəl) //

挪用的,盗用的,挪用,挪用公款

Related Words

misappropriate挪用,盗用,中饱私囊,盗取pilfer偷窃,偷盗,胠箧者流,偷窃行为purloin掠夺,盗用,偷窃,盗取filch秽物,秽语,秽气,秽土appropriate适当的,适当,恰当的,适宜的skim掠过,撇去,略过,撇掉misuse误用,滥用,错用,使用不当loot掠夺,抢夺,劫掠,抢劫abstract抽象的,抽象,抽取,抽象派thieve盗贼,胠箧者流,窃贼,盗窃者misapply错用,误用,错用了,滥用forge锻造,锻压,打造,锻打peculate推测,推断,推断力,推测的defalcate违约,违约金,亏空,虚报

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling.

    • : to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbsteal money, often from employer
Synonyms
appropriate适当的,适当,恰当的,适宜的filch秽物,秽语,秽气,秽土loot掠夺,抢夺,劫掠,抢劫misappropriate挪用,盗用,中饱私囊,盗取misuse误用,滥用,错用,使用不当pilfer偷窃,偷盗,胠箧者流,偷窃行为purloin掠夺,盗用,偷窃,盗取skim掠过,撇去,略过,撇掉abstract抽象的,抽象,抽取,抽象派defalcate违约,违约金,亏空,虚报forge锻造,锻压,打造,锻打misapply错用,误用,错用了,滥用peculate推测,推断,推断力,推测的thieve盗贼,胠箧者流,窃贼,盗窃者put hand in cookie jar把手放进饼干罐里,把手放进饼干盒里,把手伸进饼干罐里,把手伸进饼干盒里put hand in till伸手不见五指,伸手入怀,伸手入内,伸手入彀

Examples

  • The ad for accounting software would not appear if the adjacent article is about how accounting software can be misused to embezzle funds easily, for example.

  • Navalny and his brother, Oleg, were convicted in 2014 of embezzling about $500,000 from 2008 to 2012 in a case that involved their use of a subcontractor in a logistics deal to transport goods for two companies, MPK and Yves Rocher Vostok.

  • The district attorney’s office also recently confirmed that it’s looking into a separate claim — made last year by Barrios’ political opponent — that he embezzled money from a local Democratic club.

  • The district attorney’s office has confirmed that it’s looking into a separate claim — made last year by Barrios’ political opponent — that he embezzled money from a local Democratic club.

  • The district attorney’s Public Integrity Unit is investigating a complaint that he embezzled money out of a local Democratic club where he served as treasurer.

  • In fact, according to the 2011 Marquet Report on Embezzlement, women are more likely to embezzle than men.

  • The village is poor, but the local party secretary managed to embezzle at least $700,000-$800,000.

  • To appropriate another man's design was no more nor less than to embezzle his money or steal his goods.

  • "Embezzle for him $70,000 worth of securities," thought the examiner.

  • If servants get not their meat honestly and decently, they will neglect their master's business, or embezzle his goods.

  • When I urged reform, the officials and gentry seized the opportunity to embezzle.

  • I assigned him a certain operation, and, having brought it to success, he endeavoured to embezzle—did embezzle—the proceeds.

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