Thesaurus: embezzle
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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Definitions
- v. t. 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.
- v. t. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
- v. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
- v:100 v. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use