embezzle

动词 embezzle:

1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
   同义词：defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate

1. Lewis had created a situation whereby it was possible for the man at the top to fiddle elections, embezzle union funds and do away with potential rivals.
   路易斯制造的局面使得该政府首脑不仅能够在竞选中弄虚作假，而且还可以肆意侵吞联邦公款，除掉可能的竞争对手。

em.bez.zle

v.tr.（及物动词）
em.bez.zled,em.bez.zling,em.bez.zles
To take (money, for example) for one`s own use in violation of a trust.
盗用：违反条约地把（例如，钱）挪为己用

来源：
Middle English embesilen
中古英语 embesilen
from Anglo-Norman enbesiler
源自 英法语 enbesiler
Old French en- [intensive pref.] * see en-
古法语 en- [加强词义前缀] *参见 en-
Old French besillier [to ravage]
古法语 besillier [破坏]

【引伸】
embez.zlement
n.（名词）
embez.zler
n.（名词）