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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]: embezzled adj 1: taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the banker absconded with embezzled funds" [syn: {misappropriated}] 2: taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the embezzled funds amounted to millions of dollars"
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