Definition of Embezzle as a legal term in English with synonyms and illustrations from 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam for GRE candidates and advanced learners of English
/ɪmˈbez.ļ/ (verb)
Definition
to illegally and secretly take or steal money that has been given to you to take care of, misuse entrusted money or property, cheat, thieve, misappropriate, purloin, pilfer
Example
What Is Embezzlement?
If you steal from your employer or someone else who has entrusted you with property or money, you can be convicted of a crime and sued in a civil court, and the crime is called embezzlement.
Embezzlement occurs when someone steals or misappropriates money or property from an employer, business partner, or another person who trusted the embezzler with the asset.
Embezzlement is different from fraud or larceny (theft). The embezzler has permission to handle the property in a certain way (but not to take it). Instead, the wrongdoer uses the position of trust granted by the owner to convert the property to the embezzler’s possession and control (to take it).
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Parts of speech
Noun: embezzler
Noun: embezzlement
