Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
Origin
From Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer ("to remove scum"), from escume, from Frankish *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skew- ("to cover, conceal"). See scum.
Modern English dictionary
Explore and search massive catalog of over 900,000 word meanings.
Word of the Day
Get a curated memorable word every day.
Challenge yourself
Level up your vocabulary by setting personal goals.