embezzlement

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• US: /ˌɪmˈbɛzəlmənt/
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• US: /ˌəmˈbɛzəlmənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 M B EH1 Z AH0 L M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English embezzle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embezzlement From embezzle + -ment.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِخْتِلَاس (iḵtilās) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Bulgarian: злоупотреба (zloupotreba) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Bulgarian: присвояване (prisvojavane) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Catalan: malversació — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Chinese Mandarin: 盜用 /盗用 (dàoyòng) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Chinese Mandarin: 侵吞 (qīntūn) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Chinese Mandarin: 侵佔 /侵占 (qīnzhàn) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Czech: zpronevěra — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Czech: defraudace — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Danish: underslæb — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Dutch: verduistering — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Dutch: zwendel — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Esperanto: malversacio — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Finnish: kavallus — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• French: détournement — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Georgian: მიტაცება (miṭaceba) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Georgian: გაფლანგვა (gaplangva) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• German: Unterschlagung — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Greek: υπεξαίρεση (ypexaíresi) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Hindi: ग़बन (ġaban) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Hungarian: sikkasztás — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Hungarian: hűtlen kezelés — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Icelandic: fjárdráttur — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Indonesian: penggelapan — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Irish: cúigleáil — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Italian: appropriazione indebita — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Italian: peculato — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Japanese: 横領 (ōryō) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Japanese: 猫糞 (nekobaba) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Korean: 횡령 (hoengnyeong) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Latin: pecūlātus — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Lithuanian: grobstymas — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Macedonian: проневера (pronevera) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Norwegian: underslag — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Persian: اختلاس (extelâs) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Polish: sprzeniewierzenie — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Polish: malwersacja — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Polish: defraudacja — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Portuguese: peculato — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Portuguese: desfalque — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Portuguese: estelionato — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Portuguese: fraude — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Russian: хище́ние (xiščénije) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Russian: растра́та (rastráta) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Russian: присвое́ние (prisvojénije) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Serbo-Croatian: про̏невера — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Serbo-Croatian: про̏невјера — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Serbo-Croatian: prȍnevera — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Serbo-Croatian: prȍnevjera — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Spanish: apropiación indebida — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Spanish: peculado — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Spanish: desfalco — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Spanish: malversación — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Swedish: förskingring — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Tagalog: panlulustay — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Tagalog: paglustay — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Thai: การยักยอก (gaan-yák-yɔ̂ɔk) — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Turkish: aşırtı — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Turkish: ihtilas — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Turkish: hortumculuk — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner
• Turkish: yolsuzluk — the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner