bezzle
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The level or proportion of financial sector activity that consists of hidden embezzlement, varying in step with the business cycle.
noun
The time between when a confidence trickster has stolen money from an unsuspecting person and when that person realizes the money has been stolen.
noun
The difference between the short-term or current market value of an asset and its true long-term worth.
Example Sentences
- "That word is bezzle. It describes the period in which an embezzler has stolen a man's money but the victim does not yet realize he's been swindled."
- "Uber is a bezzle ("the magic interval when a confidence trickster knows he has the money he has appropriated but the victim does not yet understand that he has lost it"). Every bezzle ends."
Etymology
From Middle English besilen, from Old French besiler, besillier (“to mistreat, pillage”); or shortened from English embezzle.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: besilen, besiler