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Embezzled vs Embezzles - What's the difference?

embezzled | embezzles |

As verbs the difference between embezzled and embezzles

is that embezzled is (embezzle) while embezzles is (embezzle).

embezzled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (embezzle)

    • 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

    embezzles

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (embezzle)