What does "embezzler" mean?

One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.

What is a synonym for "embezzler"?

Common synonyms include: peculator, booster, con man, crook, defalcator, fraudster.

Pronounced //ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ//.

/ɛmˈbɛz(ə)lɚ/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.
"1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary It appears that Hogg is the eeriest rogue, the most observable embezzler, that ever was known."
2
someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use wordnet

"This evidence revealed him to be an embezzler."

From embezzle + -er.