embezzlement
/ˌɪmˈbɛzəlmənt/
embezzlement noun: the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
Noun
embezzlement (countable and uncountable, plural embezzlements)
- The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
- He was arrested for embezzlement of company funds.
- The case involved large-scale embezzlement.
- Synonyms:
- misappropriation
- Such conversion from public property.
embezzlement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
embezzlement in Hindi
- the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
- ग़बन ġaban
embezzlement in Tamil
- பணமோசடி, கையாடல்
embezzlement in Urdu
- دست برد, ہضم, خیانت
embezzlement in Bengali
- ব্যক্তিগত লাভের জন্য
More languagesFewer languages
- embezzlement in Telugu
- అపహరణము apaharaṇamu
- embezzlement in Malayalam
- പണാപഹരണം, ധനാപഹരണം, ധനാപഹാരം, സൂക്ഷിക്കാൻ ഏല്പിച്ചത് ചതിയിൽ അപഹരിക്കൽ
- embezzlement in Punjabi
- ਗਬਨ
- embezzlement in Nepali
- गबन
- embezzlement in Tagalog
- panlulustay, paglustay
- embezzlement in Arabic
- اِخْتِلَاس iḵtilās
- embezzlement in Indonesian
- penggelapan
- embezzlement in Persian
- اختلاس extelâs
- embezzlement in Thai
- การยักยอก gaan-yák-yɔ̂ɔk
Examples of embezzlement in a sentence
- charged with embezzlement
- corporate embezzlement
- "Embezzlement, sir," commented Mr Carlyle icily.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
Synonyms of embezzlement
Forms of embezzlement
| plural | embezzlements |
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Origin of embezzlement
From embezzle + -ment.
Words formed from embezzlement
Questions about embezzlement
- What does embezzlement mean?
- Embezzlement means the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
- What is embezzlement in Hindi?
- Embezzlement in Hindi is ग़बन (ġaban). See Embezzlement meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use embezzlement in a sentence?
- charged with embezzlement
- What part of speech is embezzlement?
- Embezzlement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce embezzlement?
- Embezzlement is pronounced /ˌɪmˈbɛzəlmənt/ (US).
- What is the plural of embezzlement?
- The plural of embezzlement is embezzlements.
Words near embezzlement in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: embezzlement (page history and authors); embezzlement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); embezzlement (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); embezzlement (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అపహరణము (Telugu) (page history and authors); embezzlement (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); embezzlement (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); embezzlement (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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