English → Latin
“embezzle” in Latin
āvertōto turn away, turn off, avert; to avoid, divert, deviate; to remove; to steal, embezzle, appropriate to oneselfintervertōto turn aside or divert; to purloin, pilfer or embezzle; to cheat or defraudsupprimōto press down or under, suppress; to detain or restrain, suppress; to sinkdēpecūlorto despoil, pillage, rifle, plunder, embezzlepecūniamoney; wealth; cash, ready money, liquid wealthdōnumgift, present; offering, sacrificehērēditāsinheritance; hereditary succession; hereditary legacy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
embezzle
avertere (e.g., pecuniam, turn it aside, so that it does not reach its destination): intervertere: intervertere ad seseque transferre (appropriate what was intended for another, donum, hereditatem): supprimere: retinere et supprimere (not to deliver up what was entrusted to one; pecuniam): depeculari (☞ only once post-classical, in Florus): aliquem circumducere or circumvertere argento (general term for tricking anybody out of his money): to embezzle public money, pecuniam publicam avertere; peculatum facere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for embezzle?
- The usual Latin words for “embezzle” are āvertō, intervertō, supprimō; also dēpecūlor, pecūnia, dōnum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.