About The Word Embezzlement
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Embezzlement
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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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