wilfully misapply

Not the equivalent of embezzle. As the expression is used in an embezzlement statute making it an offense wilfully to misapply funds, the words have no settled technical meaning, such as the word "embezzle" has in the statutes or the words "steal, take, and carry away" have at common law, and they do not of themselves describe any offense. Batchelor v United States, 156 US 426, 429, 39 L Ed 478, 479, 15 S Ct 446.