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Embezzle vs Bedazzle - What's the difference?

embezzle | bedazzle |

As verbs the difference between embezzle and bedazzle

is that embezzle is to steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works while bedazzle is to confuse or disarm by dazzling.

embezzle

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
  • * 1903, , Twelve Stories and a Dream
    • You waste your education in burglary. You should do one of two things. Either you should forge or you should embezzle'. For my own part, I ' embezzle .
  • * 1861,
    • You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?

    Synonyms

    * defalcate * misappropriate * peculate

    Derived terms

    * embezzler * embezzlement

    References

    bedazzle

    English

    Verb

    (bedazzl)
  • (label) To confuse or disarm by dazzling.
  • :He was bedazzled by her charm and wit.
  • To decorate with sequins or other sparkly material; to bespangle.
  • :She bedazzled her handbag.

    • See also

    * vajazzle