- embezzle funds
- fraudulently appropriate sums of money entrusted to one's care, misappropriate funds, defraud
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
embezzle funds
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embezzle — em·bez·zle /im be zəl/ vt em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling [Anglo French embeseiller to make away with, from en , prefix stressing completion + beseller to snatch, misappropriate, from Old French, to destroy]: to convert (property entrusted to one s… … Law dictionary
embezzle — em‧bez‧zle [ɪmˈbezl] verb [intransitive, transitive] LAW ACCOUNTING if someone embezzles money from the company or organization they work for, they steal it, perhaps over a period of time, and use it for themselves: • An American banker, accused … Financial and business terms
embezzle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. steal, misappropriate, misapply, peculate, defalcate. See stealing. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. thieve, misappropriate, peculate, pilfer; see rob , steal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) … English dictionary for students
embezzle — [[t]ɪmbe̱z(ə)l[/t]] embezzles, embezzling, embezzled VERB If someone embezzles money that their organization or company has placed in their care, they take it and use it illegally for their own purposes. [V n] One former director embezzled $34… … English dictionary
embezzle money — fraudulently appropriate sums of money entrusted to one s care, misappropriate funds, defraud … English contemporary dictionary
embezzle — verb he s accused of embezzling donated funds Syn: misappropriate, steal, thieve, pilfer, purloin, appropriate, defraud someone of, siphon off, pocket, help oneself to; abstract; informal rob, rip off, skim, line one s pockets with, pinch … Thesaurus of popular words
misappropriate funds — index embezzle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
misappropriate intrusted funds — index embezzle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Embezzlement — Embezzler redirects here. For the film, see The Embezzler. Criminal law … Wikipedia
defalcate — de·fal·cate /di fal ˌkāt, fȯl , dē ; de fəl ˌkāt/ vi cat·ed, cat·ing: to commit defalcation compare embezzle de·fal·ca·tor / ˌkā tər/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
