"embezzlement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɪmˈbɛzəlmənt/ [US], /ˌəmˈbɛzəlmənt/ [US] Audio: en-US embezzlement.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-embezzlement.wav Forms: embezzlements [plural]
Etymology: From embezzle + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|embezzle|ment}} embezzle + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} embezzlement (plural embezzlements)
  1. (law, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner. Categories (topical): Business, Corruption, Crime, Law Synonyms: misappropriation Derived forms: nonembezzlement Related terms: embezzle, forgery, fraud, larceny, quackery, usury Translations (the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner): اِخْتِلَاس (iḵtilās) [masculine] (Arabic), злоупотреба (zloupotreba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), malversació [feminine] (Catalan), 盜用 (Chinese Mandarin), 盗用 (dàoyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 侵吞 (qīntūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 侵佔 (Chinese Mandarin), 侵占 (qīnzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), zpronevěra [feminine] (Czech), defraudace [feminine] (Czech), underslæb [neuter] (Danish), verduistering [feminine] (Dutch), zwendel (Dutch), malversacio (Esperanto), kavallus (Finnish), détournement [masculine] (French), მიტაცება (miṭaceba) (Georgian), გაფლანგვა (gaplangva) (Georgian), Unterschlagung [feminine] (German), υπεξαίρεση (ypexaíresi) [feminine] (Greek), ग़बन (ġaban) [masculine] (Hindi), sikkasztás (Hungarian), hűtlen kezelés (Hungarian), fjárdráttur [masculine] (Icelandic), penggelapan (Indonesian), cúigleáil [feminine] (Irish), appropriazione indebita [feminine] (Italian), peculato [masculine] (Italian), 横領 (ōryō) (alt: おうりょう) (Japanese), 猫糞 (nekobaba) (alt: ねこばば) (Japanese), 횡령 (hoengnyeong) (alt: 橫領) (Korean), pecūlātus (Latin), grobstymas [masculine] (Lithuanian), проневера (pronevera) [feminine] (Macedonian), underslag [neuter] (Norwegian), اختلاس (extelâs) (Persian), sprzeniewierzenie [neuter] (Polish), malwersacja [feminine] (Polish), defraudacja [feminine] (Polish), peculato [masculine] (Portuguese), desfalque [masculine] (Portuguese), estelionato [masculine] (Portuguese), fraude [feminine] (Portuguese), хище́ние (xiščénije) [neuter] (Russian), растра́та (rastráta) (Russian), присвое́ние (prisvojénije) [neuter] (Russian), про̏невера [Cyrillic, Ekavian, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), про̏невјера [Cyrillic, Ijekavian, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prȍnevera [Ekavian, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prȍnevjera [Ijekavian, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), apropiación indebida [feminine] (Spanish), peculado [masculine] (Spanish), desfalco [masculine] (Spanish), malversación [feminine] (Spanish), förskingring [common-gender] (Swedish), panlulustay (Tagalog), paglustay (Tagalog), aşırtı (Turkish), ihtilas (Turkish), hortumculuk [colloquial] (Turkish), yolsuzluk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-embezzlement-en-noun-QrxByRsY Categories (other): Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Entries with translation boxes, Georgian terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Topics: business, law

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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
          "word": "malversacio"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
          "word": "kavallus"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "word": "détournement"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "miṭaceba",
          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
          "word": "მიტაცება"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gaplangva",
          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
          "word": "გაფლანგვა"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "word": "Unterschlagung"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypexaíresi",
          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ġaban",
          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "word": "fraude"
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          "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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          "word": "хище́ние"
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
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        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "盜用"
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "侵占"
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "kavallus"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "word": "détournement"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "miṭaceba",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "მიტაცება"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaplangva",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "გაფლანგვა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Unterschlagung"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypexaíresi",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "υπεξαίρεση"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ġaban",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "hűtlen kezelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fjárdráttur"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "penggelapan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cúigleáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "appropriazione indebita"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peculato"
    },
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      "alt": "おうりょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōryō",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "横領"
    },
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      "alt": "ねこばば",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nekobaba",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "猫糞"
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      "alt": "橫領",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hoengnyeong",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "횡령"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pronevera",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "проневера"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "underslag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "extelâs",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "اختلاس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "sprzeniewierzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malwersacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "defraudacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peculato"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desfalque"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estelionato"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fraude"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xiščénije",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хище́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastráta",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "растра́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prisvojénije",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "присвое́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ekavian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "про̏невера"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ijekavian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "про̏невјера"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "Ekavian",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prȍnevera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "Ijekavian",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prȍnevjera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apropiación indebida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "peculado"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "desfalco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malversación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "förskingring"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "panlulustay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "paglustay"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "aşırtı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "word": "ihtilas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
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      "word": "hortumculuk"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner",
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}

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