Word: embezzled
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: em
be
zzled
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of embezzle; appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
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: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.