Embezzlement

[em'bezlm(ə)nt] or [ɪm'bɛzlmənt]

Definition

(noun.) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.

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Definition

(n.) The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Peculation.

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