embezzle
em·bezzle
verb
1.
appropriate (as property entrusted to one''s care) fraudulently to one''s own use
- “The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family”
Origin
From Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman embesiler, embesillier, embeseillier (“to steal, cause to disappear”), from em- + Old French besillier (“to torment, destroy, gouge”), of unknown origin.
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