embezzler

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
31
Words With Friends
34
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ/
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/ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ/ · /ɪm-/

Definition of embezzler

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.
    “1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary It appears that Hogg is the eeriest rogue, the most observable embezzler, that ever was known.”
    “At the time, I was deeply involved with the handsome embezzler who led a major telecom company into bankruptcy.”
    “That word is bezzle. It describes the period in which an embezzler has stolen a man's money but the victim does not yet realize he's been swindled.”
    “There’s good reason to worry. In an earlier memoir, “Five-Finger Discount,” Stapinski recreated the terrifying world of swindlers, embezzlers, burglars and mobster wannabes who made up her extended Jersey City family.”

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Etymology

From embezzle + -er.

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