Embezzle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 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.
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     2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
        [Obs.]
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              To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
                                                    --Sharp.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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" [syn: {defalcate}, {peculate}, {misappropriate},
           {malversate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "embezzle":
     abstract, abuse, and, annex, appropriate, bag, befoul, boost,
     borrow, convert, cop, crib, debase, defalcate, defile, defraud,
     desecrate, divert, extort, filch, foul, hook, lift, loot,
     make off with, maladminister, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy,
     mishandle, mismanage, misuse, nip, palm, peculate, pervert, pilfer,
     pinch, poach, pollute, profane, prostitute, purloin, run away with,
     rustle, scrounge, shoplift, snare, snatch, snitch, steal, swindle,
     swipe, take, thieve, violate, walk off with