embezzle
embezzle 英 [ɪmˈbezl] 美 [ɛmˈbɛzəl]
vt. 盗用；挪用；贪污
进行时:embezzling 过去式:embezzled 过去分词:embezzled 第三人称单数:embezzles
- When a person embezzles, it usually means that he is stealing money from his employer. If he is caught embezzling, it probably also means that he will soon be unemployed.
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- vt. 盗用；挪用；贪污
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1. Is it so the people can live in utter helplessness? Is it so certain corrupt officials will have a large space to embezzle?
如此，人们将生活在无助中,这也是为什么政府官员有如此大的空间贪污腐败”。
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2. Prosecutors have opened investigations into several bank executives and regulators, accusing them of colluding to embezzle funds and grant illegal loans.
检方已对几名银行高管和监管者展开调查，指控他们共谋挪用资金和发放非法贷款。
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3. African leaders find it surprisingly hard to embezzle development funds.
非洲国家的领导人惊讶地发现，他们很难盗用国家的发展资金。
- embezzle (v.) early 15c., "make away with money or property of another, steal," from Anglo-French enbesiler "to steal, cause to disappear" (c. 1300), from Old French em- (see en- (1)) + besillier "torment, destroy, gouge," which is of unknown origin. Sense of "dispose of fraudulently to one's own use," is first recorded 1580s. Related: Embezzled; embezzling.
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