embezzler

English

Etymology

embezzle +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ/, /ɪm-/

Noun

embezzler (plural embezzlers)

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.

   • 2003, Will and Grace (TV, episode 5.23)

     At the time, I was deeply involved with the handsome embezzler who led a major telecom company into bankruptcy.

Synonyms

• peculator

Translations

one who steals money they have been trusted with

• Afrikaans: bedrieër
• Bengali: চাঁদাবাজ (cãdabaj)
• Danish: kassebedrager c, person, der begår underslæb
• Irish: cúigleálaí m
• Latin: pecūlātor m, āversor m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: underslager m

  Nynorsk: underslagar m

• Russian: казнокра́д (ru) m (kaznokrád), растра́тчик (ru) m (rastrátčik)
• Spanish: malversador (es) m
• Swahili: tapeli (sw)
• Swedish: förskingrare (sv) c
• Tagalog: manlulustay