Embezzle

[ɪm'bez(ə)l;em-] or [ɪm'bɛzl]

Definition

(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'.

Typed by Cedric--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Editor: Megan

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Appropriate to one's own use (what is intrusted), purloin, peculate, steal, come unlawfully by.

Checked by Bryant

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Appropriate, confuse, falsify, peculate, misappropriate

ANT:Square, balance, clear

Typed by Barnaby

Definition

v.t. to appropriate fraudulently what has been entrusted.—ns. Embezz′lement fraudulent appropriation of another's property by the person to whom it was entrusted; Embezz′ler.

Typist: Randall