About The Word Embezzle
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Embezzle
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What's The Definition Of Embezzle?
[v] appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Embezzle: defalcate | malversate | misappropriate | peculate Related Terms | Find terms related to Embezzle: abstract | abuse | and | annex | appropriate | bag | befoul | boost | borrow | convert | cop | crib | debase | defalcate | defile | defraud | desecrate | divert | extort | filch | foul | hook | lift | loot | make off with | maladminister | misapply | misappropriate | misemploy | mishandle | mismanage | misuse | nip | palm | peculate | pervert | pilfer | pinch | poach | pollute | profane | prostitute | purloin | run away with | rustle | scrounge | shoplift | snare | snatch | snitch | steal | swindle | swipe | take | thieve | violate | walk off with See Also | steal Embezzle In Webster's Dictionary \Em*bez"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embezzled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Embezzling}.] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf.
OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. {Bezzle}.]
1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property
intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by
a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
[Obs.]
To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
--Sharp.
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