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appropriation, breach of trust, cheating, defalcation, fraud, fraudulent appropriation, fraudulent appropriation of money, fraudulent conversion, larceny, malversation, misappropriation, peculation, pilfering, purloining, stealing, swindle, theft, theft of money entrusted to one's care, theft of money entrusted to one's management, thievery, wrongful appropriation
associated concepts: conversion, corporate embezzlement, embezzlement of public funds, larceny, misappropriation, theft by means of embezzlement
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conversion (misappropriation), larceny, misappropriation, theft
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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in England, the crime of fraudulent appropriation by a clerk or servant to his own use of property delivered to or taken into possession of account of his employer. Since the Theft Act 1968 it is no longer an offence with a name of its own.In Scotland it is the felonious appropriation without the owner's consent by a person who has received a limited ownership of property subject to restoration at a future time or with an obligation to account for it to the owner. The distinction between theft and embezzlement is not important in Scotland.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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The crime of stealing the funds or property of an employer, company, or government or misappropriating money or assets held in trust.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. The illegal taking of property under one's care, particularly property to which one has a public trust or fiduciary duty.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The fraudulent conversion of another's property by a person who is in a position of trust, such as an agent or employee.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The fraudulent conversion of another's property by a person who is in a position of trust, such as an agent or employee.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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Embezzlement — 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 money; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
embezzlement — 1540s, from EMBEZZLE (Cf. embezzle) + MENT (Cf. ment) … Etymology dictionary
embezzlement — [n] stealing money, often from employer abstraction, appropriation, defalcation, filching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilfer age, pilfering, purloining, skimming, theft, thieving; concept 139 Ant.… … New thesaurus
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embezzlement — n. 1) to commit embezzlement 2) embezzlement from * * * [ɪm bez(ə)lmənt] to commit embezzlement embezzlement from … Combinatory dictionary
embezzlement — See embezzle. * * * Crime of fraudulently appropriating property entrusted to one s care and converting it to one s own use. It occurs when a person gains possession of goods lawfully and then misappropriates them. It thus stands in contrast to… … Universalium
embezzlement — [[t]ɪmbe̱z(ə)lmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Embezzlement is the crime of embezzling money … English dictionary
embezzlement — A form of theft in which an employee dishonestly appropriates money or property given to him or her on behalf of an employer. The special offence of embezzlement ceased to exist in 1969 … Big dictionary of business and management