embezzlement
1embezzlement — I noun appropriation, breach of trust, cheating, defalcation, fraud, fraudulent appropriation, fraudulent appropriation of money, fraudulent conversion, larceny, malversation, misappropriation, peculation, pilfering, purloining, stealing, swindle …
2Embezzlement — Em*bez zle*ment, 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 money; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge. [1913… …
3embezzlement — 1540s, from EMBEZZLE (Cf. embezzle) + MENT (Cf. ment) …
4embezzlement — [n] stealing money, often from employer abstraction, appropriation, defalcation, filching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilfer age, pilfering, purloining, skimming, theft, thieving; concept 139 Ant.… …
5Embezzlement — Embezzler redirects here. For the film, see The Embezzler. Criminal law …
6embezzlement — 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 …
7Embezzlement — A form of white collar crime where a person misappropriates the assets entrusted to him or her. In this type of fraud the assets are attained lawfully and the embezzler has the right to possess them, but the assets are then used for unintended… …
8embezzlement — n. 1) to commit embezzlement 2) embezzlement from * * * [ɪm bez(ə)lmənt] to commit embezzlement embezzlement from …
9embezzlement — See embezzle. * * * Crime of fraudulently appropriating property entrusted to one s care and converting it to one s own use. It occurs when a person gains possession of goods lawfully and then misappropriates them. It thus stands in contrast to… …
10embezzlement — [[t]ɪmbe̱z(ə)lmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Embezzlement is the crime of embezzling money …
