Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: defalcate, malversate, misappropriate, peculate

See Also: steal

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