Usage Note
Embaucher specifically means to hire or take someone onto a payroll — more concrete than engager. The noun embauche means hiring or the act of being taken on. Its opposite is débaucher (to lay off, or in another sense to lead astray).
Examples
"La société a embauché dix nouveaux employés."
Natural Translation
The company hired ten new employees.
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