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embezzling

embezzling is the present participle and gerund of embezzle.

Meaning of embezzle

Verb

embezzle (third-person singular simple present embezzles, present participle embezzling, simple past and past participle embezzled)

  1. To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
    • You waste your education in burglary. You should do one of two things. Either you should forge or you should embezzle. For my own part, I embezzle.1903, H. G. Wells, “Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation”, in Twelve Stories and a Dream

Noun

embezzling (plural embezzlings)

  1. embezzlement

Forms of embezzling

pluralembezzlings

Questions about embezzling

What does embezzling mean?
Embezzling means embezzlement.
What is embezzling the present participle and gerund of?
Embezzling is the present participle and gerund of embezzle.
What part of speech is embezzling?
Embezzling is a noun.
What is the plural of embezzling?
The plural of embezzling is embezzlings.

Words near embezzling in the dictionary

  1. embezzlement
  2. embezzlements
  3. embezzler
  4. embezzlers
  5. embezzles
  6. embezzling
  7. embezzlings
  8. EMBI
  9. embiggen
  10. embiggened
  11. embiggening

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