| 词汇 | embezzler |
| 词源 | embezzler. Embezzle derives from the French word embe- seiller, meaning “to make away with, cause to disappear, fraud- ulently destroy.” One theory has it that this word was formed from the French bezel, “a chisel,” and referred to the practice of con men shaving small bits off gold and silver coins, passing off the shaved coins at face value, and melting down the shavings into bullion. Bezelers, who used the bezel, were these first em- bezzlers, according to this theory. |
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