About The Word Embezzlement

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Embezzlement

Embezzlement Meaning & Definition
Embezzlement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embezzlement?

[n] the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embezzlement: defalcation | misapplication | misappropriation | peculation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Embezzlement: abstraction | abuse | abuse of office | annexation | appropriation | befoulment | boosting | conversion | conveyance | corrupt administration | debasement | defalcation | defilement | desecration | diversion | filching | fouling | fraud | graft | larceny | liberation | lifting | maladministration | malfeasance | malpractice | malversation | misapplication | misappropriation | misconduct | misemployment | misfeasance | mishandling | mismanagement | misusage | misuse | misusing | peculation | perversion | pilferage | pilfering | pinching | poaching | pollution | poor stewardship | profanation | prostitution | purloining | scrounging | shoplifting | snatching | sneak thievery | snitching | stealage | stealing | swindle | swiping | theft | thievery | thieving | violation

See Also | larceny | plunderage | raid | stealing | theft | thievery | thieving

Embezzlement In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*bez"zle*ment\, n. The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge. Note: Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from another's possession; embezzlement denotes an appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute.

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