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Definition: Embezzlement |
EmbezzlementNoun1. The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "embezzlement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
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Computing | Type of computer crime including modifications to records, falsification of program routines, e. g. posting of positive rounding errors by a computer programmer to his own account, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | Illegal appropriation of money or of some other object of which one is in de facto possession; the difference between embezzlement and theft is that the thief was not in de facto possess ion before the theft and took away the object ; misappropriation of money in one's keeping. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The fraudulent misappropriation of property by a person, during the course of employment, who has been entrusted with its safekeeping or management. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Military & Defense | An offence against property in which a person, for his own or another's unlawful gain, appropriates moveable property belonging to another but entrusted to him or makes use of financial assets entrusted to him for his own or another's benefit. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EmbezzlementSynonyms: defalcation (n), misapplication (n), misappropriation (n), peculation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Stealing | Peculation, embezzlement; fraud; larceny, petty larceny, grand larceny, shoplifting. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Embezzlement |
| English words defined with "embezzlement": Depeculation ♦ plunderage. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "embezzlement": fidelity bond ♦ insured closing letter. (references) |
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Screenplays | Hello? Ah, Mr. Victim, yes, I'm glad to say I've got the go-ahead to lend you the money you require, yes. Uh, we will, of course, need as security the deeds to your house, of your aunt's house, of your second cousin's house, of your wife's parents' house, and of your granny's bungalow -- and we will, in addition, need a controlling interest in your new company, uh, unrestricted access to your private bank account, the deposit into our vaults of your three children as hostages, and a full legal indemnity against any acts of embezzlement carried out by any members of our staff during the normal course of their duties. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Business | Gallardo claims that the embezzlement charges, which date back 7 years, had previously been abandoned for lack of evidence. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cameroon | In the article, he linked the Minister of Economy and Finance to an embezzlement case without citing sources. (references) |
Guatemala | Reports suggested that the murder was linked to Alegria's having accused officials and port authorities at Puerto Santo Tomas of embezzlement, bribery, and other abuses. (references) | |
Korea | However, even though the companies faced penalties of $398 million, and their owners were awaiting trial for tax evasion and embezzlement, the papers continued to criticize the Government. (references) | |
Economic History | Chad | Bribery is certainly far more accepted than embezzlement and far more difficult to detect and to prosecute. (references) |
Chad | This law has been applied in several high-profile embezzlement cases, but the perception remains that most corruption goes unpunished even when it is exposed. (references) | |
Taiwan | Four legislators (including a former speaker of the legislature), a county magistrate, and a city mayor have been indicted for embezzlement, fraud and taking illegal benefits. (references) | |
Human Rights | Rwanda | On May 29, 2000, Mbanda was arrested allegedly for fraud and embezzlement. (references) |
China | They include financial crimes such as counterfeiting currency, embezzlement, and corruption. (references) | |
Armenia | Some of the crimes committed included desertion, hazing, and abuse of power and embezzlement. (references) | |
Political Rights | Bhutan | The Royal Civil Service Commission is responsible for disciplining subministerial level government officials and has removed several following their convictions for crimes, including embezzlement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Embezzlement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Embezzlement" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 87 | 35,390 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "embezzlement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përvetësim (absorption, acquisition, appropriation, digestion, misappropriation, peculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نصب إحتيال (deception, fraud), إحتيال (cheat, cheating, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, gyp, hankey-pankey, hanky panky, humbug, hustle, jugglery, knavery, racket, rascality, roguery, swindle, victimization), إختلاس (conversion, fraudulent conversion, malpractice, misapprehension, pilfering, pinching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обсебване (appropriation, assumption), незаконно присвояване, злоупотреба (abuse, conversion, defalcation, misappropriation, misuse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 盗" (Embezzle, Embezzled, Embezzling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zpronevìra (defalcation, disloyalty, malversation, misappropriation, peculation), defraudace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | underslæb (defalcation, misappropriation, swindle, swindling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verduistering (blanketing, defalcation, dimming, misappropriation, obscuration, occultation, screening), malversatie (defalcation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kavallus (defalcation, misappropriation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | malversation, détournement de fonds. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | veruntreuung (defalcation, misappropriation), unterschlagung (defalcation, misappropriation, peculation, suppression, withholding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατάχρηση (abuse, defalcation, graft, intemperance, malpractice, malversation, misappropriation, overuse, peculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעיל" (fraud, fraudulent conversion, peculation, sacrilege, treachery), מעל (above, atop, deception, fraud, on, on top of, supra, treachery, upward of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sikkasztás (defalcation, fraudulent misuse of funds, misappropriation, peculation), elsikkasztás (misappropriation, scrounging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penipuan (deceit, deception, dissimulation, put-upon, scam), penggelapan (black out, blackout, cover up, darkenong, embezling, fraud, malversation, scam), gerogotan (erosion, gnawing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | malversazione (defalcation, malversation, misappropriation), appropriazione indebita (defalcation, misappropriation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 窃" (using secretly), 着服 (dressing oneself), 私消 , 盗" (fraudulent use, plagiarism), 横 (misappropriation, usurpation), 横奪 (misappropriation), 使い込み . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おうりょう (misappropriation, usurpation), おう つ (misappropriation), ししょう (anthology, cabinetmaker, casualties, difficulty, hindrance, impediment, injuries and deaths, master, obstacle, poetry and prose, puncture wound, stab, stabbing, stimulation, teacher, thalamus, unlicensed prostitute, woodworker), つかい"み, せつよう (economization, essential, using secretly, vital), とうよう (appointment, assignment, daily use, fraudulent use, Orient, plagiarism, promotion), ちゃくふく (dressing oneself). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | goaill argid d'aggairagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | underslag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | embezzlementay fraude (bilk, brogue, cheat, cross, deceit, deception, evasion, fraud, graft, guile, humbug, inverse, ruse, sham, skulduggery, spoof, tax evasion, toll fraud, trickery, wile), desfalque (defalcation, evaporation loss, misappropriation, waste). (various references) furt (abstraction, burglarious, burglary, defalcation, job, larceny, lift, robbery, stealth, theft, thievery), fraudã (cheat, cross, deception, defalcation, fraud, humbug, swindle), deturnare (defalcation), delapidare (defalcation, dilapidation, malversation, misappropriation, peculation, waste). (various references) растрата (defalcation, fraudulent conversion, misappropriation, peculation, squander). (various references) pronevera (defalcation, misappropriation, peculation). (various references) malversación (abstraction, fraudulent conversion, misappropriation, misuse, peculation), desfalco (defalcation, misappropriation). (various references) förskingring (breach of trust, defalcation, misappropriation, misappropriation of funds, peculation). (various references) การยักยอกเงิน. (various references) zimmetine geçirme (fraudulent conversion), kötüye kullanma (abuse, deceit, delinquency, exploitation, malfeasance, malversation, misuse), ihtilâs. (various references) розтрата (defalcation, misappropriation, peculation), привласнення майна, порушення довір'я. (various references) sự tham ô (defacation, malversation, misappropriation, peculation), sự biển thủ (misappropriation, peculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "embezzlement": embezzlements. (additional references) | |
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"Embezzlement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ebezzlement, embezelment, embezzelement, embezzelment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "embezzlement" (pronounced embe"zulmunt) |
| 7 | -z u l m u n t | puzzlement. |
| 6 | -u l m u n t | annulment, battlement, disgruntlement, dismantlement, encirclement, entanglement, entitlement, resettlement, settlement. |
| 5 | -l m u n t | ailment, concealment, curtailment, derailment, enrollment, fulfillment, installment. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enslavement, entertainment, enticement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-e-l-m-m-n-t-z-z" | |
-4 letters: embezzle. | |
-5 letters: element, telemen. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-e-l-m-m-n-t-z-z" | |
+1 letter: embezzlements. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 62 65 7A 7A 6C 65 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01111010 01111010 01101100 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m b e z z l e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0062 0065 007A 007A 006C 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397968719292787179718086 |
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