"embezzler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ/ [General-American], /ɪm-/ [General-American] Forms: embezzlers [plural]
Etymology: embezzle + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|embezzle|er|id2=agent noun}} embezzle + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} embezzler (plural embezzlers)
  1. One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles. Categories (topical): Crime, People Synonyms: peculator Translations (one who steals money they have been trusted with): bedrieër (Afrikaans), চাঁদাবাজ (cãdabaj) (Bengali), kassebedrager [common-gender] (Danish), person, der begår underslæb (Danish), cúigleálaí [masculine] (Irish), pecūlātor [masculine] (Latin), āversor [masculine] (Latin), underslager [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), underslagar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), казнокра́д (kaznokrád) [masculine] (Russian), растра́тчик (rastrátčik) [masculine] (Russian), malversador [masculine] (Spanish), tapeli (Swahili), förskingrare [common-gender] (Swedish), manlulustay (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "one who steals money they have been trusted with",
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      "sense": "one who steals money they have been trusted with",
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      "sense": "one who steals money they have been trusted with",
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