EMBEZZLE, EMBEZZLEMENT, EMBEZZLER
ADJECTIVES
1943 — COLOUR-BLIND given to embezzlement or other thievery → US sl.
NOUNS
1887 — BOODLERISM bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → sl.
1887 — BOODLERY bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → sl.
1890 — BOODLING bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → sl.
1894 — BOODLEISM bribery and corruption; embezzlement of public funds → sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
199k — BILKER an embezzler → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1805 — MAKE DEAD MEN CHEW TOBACCO of a purser: to falsify accounts in order to conceal the embezzlement of funds or stores → Amer. nautical sl.
VERBS
1703 — BEZZLE to waste, to squander; also, to embezzle → Eng. dial.
1854 — KNOCK DOWN to embezzle, to steal from a firm’s takings → US sl.
1873 — CANIFFLE to embezzle; to sponge → Eng. dial.
1950 — PAUCHLE to steal, to pilfer, to embezzle, to make off with → Sc.
1999 — TICKLE THE TILL to rob or embezzle → Aust. sl. (Bk.)