embezzle

embezzle
em·bez·zle /im-'be-zəl/ vt em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling [Anglo-French embeseiller to make away with, from en -, prefix stressing completion + beseller to snatch, misappropriate, from Old French, to destroy]: to convert (property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use compare defalcate
em·bez·zle·ment n
em·bez·zler n

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

embezzle
I verb appropriate fraudulently, appropriate to one's own use, avertere, commit larceny, defalcate, defraud, divert to one's own use, filch, intercipere, intervertere, misapply, misappropriate, misappropriate funds, misappropriate intrusted funds, misuse, pilfer, purloin, swindle, take by fraud, take feloniously, thieve associated concepts: convert II index bilk, cheat, convert (misappropriate), defalcate, defraud, impropriate, loot, mulct (defraud), peculate, pilfer, purloin, steal

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


embezzle
v.
To misappropriate or steal funds entrusted to one’s care.
n.
embezzlement

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


embezzle
v. To illegally misappropriate property under one's care, particularly property to which one has a public trust or fiduciary duty.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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  • Embezzle — Em*bez zle ([e^]m*b[e^]z z l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embezzled} ([e^]m*b[e^]z z ld); 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • embezzle — em‧bez‧zle [ɪmˈbezl] verb [intransitive, transitive] LAW ACCOUNTING if someone embezzles money from the company or organization they work for, they steal it, perhaps over a period of time, and use it for themselves: • An American banker, accused …   Financial and business terms

  • embezzle — early 15c., from Anglo Fr. embesiler to steal, cause to disappear (c.1300), from O.Fr. em (see EN (Cf. en ) (1)) + besillier torment, destroy, gouge, of unknown origin. Sense of to dispose of fraudulently is first recorded 1580s. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

  • embezzle — [v] steal money, often from employer abstract, appropriate, defalcate, filch, forge, loot, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, purloin, put hand in cookie jar*, put hand in till*, skim, thieve; concept 139 Ant. compensate, give,… …   New thesaurus

  • embezzle — ► VERB ▪ steal or misappropriate (money placed in one s trust or under one s control). DERIVATIVES embezzlement noun embezzler noun. ORIGIN Old French embesiler, from besiler destroy, maltreat …   English terms dictionary

  • embezzle — [em bez′əl, imbez′əl] vt. embezzled, embezzling [ME embesilen < Anglo Fr enbesiler < OFr embesillier < en (see EN 1) + besillier, to destroy] to steal (money, etc. entrusted to one s care); take by fraud for one s own use embezzlement n …   English World dictionary

  • embezzle — verb /əmˈbɛzəl/ To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from ones employer. You waste your education in burglary. You should do one of two things. Either you should forge or you should embezzle.… …   Wiktionary

  • embezzle — v. (D; intr., tr.) to embezzle from * * * [ɪm bez(ə)l] (D; intr., tr.) to embezzle from …   Combinatory dictionary

  • embezzle — UK [ɪmˈbez(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms embezzle : present tense I/you/we/they embezzle he/she/it embezzles present participle embezzling past tense embezzled past participle embezzled to steal money that people trust you… …   English dictionary

  • embezzle — verb Embezzle is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fund, ↑money …   Collocations dictionary

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