'Embezzled' definitions:
Definition of 'embezzled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the banker absconded with embezzled funds" [syn: embezzled, misappropriated]
Definition of 'Embezzled'
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]
Definition of 'embezzled'
From: 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]