English Explanatory Dictionary

embezzlement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
  2. Such conversion from public property.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪmˈbɛzəlmənt/ /ˌəmˈbɛzəlmənt/ en-US embezzlement.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-embezzlement.wav

Word forms

embezzlement embezzlements

Etymology

From embezzle + -ment.

Synonyms

misappropriation peculation

Related words

embezzle corruptocracy forgery fraud kakistocracy kleptocracy larceny quackery usury

Derived words

nonembezzlement

Translations

Arabic: اِخْتِلَاس Bulgarian: злоупотреба Bulgarian: присвояване Catalan: malversació Chinese Mandarin: 盜用 /盗用 Chinese Mandarin: 侵吞 Chinese Mandarin: 侵佔 /侵占 Czech: zpronevěra Czech: defraudace Danish: underslæb Dutch: verduistering Dutch: zwendel Esperanto: malversacio Finnish: kavallus French: détournement Georgian: მიტაცება Georgian: გაფლანგვა German: Unterschlagung Greek: υπεξαίρεση Hindi: ग़बन Hungarian: sikkasztás Hungarian: hűtlen kezelés Icelandic: fjárdráttur Indonesian: penggelapan Irish: cúigleáil Italian: appropriazione indebita Italian: peculato Japanese: 横領 Japanese: 猫糞 Korean: 횡령 Latin: pecūlātus Lithuanian: grobstymas Macedonian: проневера Norwegian: underslag Persian: اختلاس Polish: sprzeniewierzenie Polish: malwersacja Polish: defraudacja Portuguese: peculato Portuguese: desfalque Portuguese: estelionato Portuguese: fraude Russian: хище́ние Russian: растра́та Russian: присвое́ние Serbo-Croatian: про̏невера Serbo-Croatian: про̏невјера Serbo-Croatian: prȍnevera Serbo-Croatian: prȍnevjera Spanish: apropiación indebida Spanish: peculado Spanish: desfalco Spanish: malversación Swedish: förskingring Tagalog: panlulustay Tagalog: paglustay Thai: การยักยอก Turkish: aşırtı Turkish: ihtilas Turkish: hortumculuk Turkish: yolsuzluk
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