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Imbazlement, Imbas(s)el-, -baisle-, -beazelment, n. [e.m.E. imbezlement (17th c.). embecilment, (north.) -baselment (16th c.).] Pilfering, theft; peculation, embezzlement. — (1650) Balfour IV. 230.
That the castell of Edinbrughe … be reduced to … Cromwell, ..without willfull spoyle and imbasselment 1689 Acts XII. 66/1.
The petitione of the collector of Leith … anent the imbeazelment of the cargo of French wynes 1690 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 443.
To … discover what imbazlements have bein made of the tounes commone goods 1702 New Mills Manuf. 307.
It may appear whether there be anny imbaislements 1705 Acts XI. 286/1.
The article of the imbazelments of collectors 1729 Red Bk. Grandtully II. 331.
[He] is capable to learn out ane imbaselment
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