2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embezzle \Em*bez"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embezzled}; 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.
2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
[Obs.]
To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
--Sharp.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
embezzle
v : appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care)
fraudulently to one's own use [syn: {peculate}, {misappropriate}]
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