what does embezzle mean?
EMBEZZLE as VERB
- Meaning
- appropriate (as property entrusted to one’’s care) fraudulently to one’’s own use
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- The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
Hypernyms(s) embezzle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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