'Embezzle' definitions:
Definition of 'embezzle'
(from WordNet)
verb
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: embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate]
Definition of 'Embezzle'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'embezzle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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