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. [1913 Webster] 2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. --Sharp. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: embezzled \embezzled\ adj. 1. taken for one's own use in violation of a trust; -- of money; as, the banker absconded with embezzled payroll; the embezzled funds amounted to millions of dollars. Syn: misappropriated. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: embezzled adj 1: taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the banker absconded with embezzled funds" [syn: {misappropriated}] 2: taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the embezzled funds amounted to millions of dollars"
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