Word: embezzlement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: em
bez
zle
ment
Definition: The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
Morphemes:
Affix: embezzle
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: em-
Language: fro
Decoded: em-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: em- (form of en- before b, m or p)
Affix: besillier
Language: fro
Decoded: besillier
Meaning: to torment, destroy, gouge
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.