Definition of Embezzlement

1. Noun. The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.

Exact synonyms: Defalcation, Misapplication, Misappropriation, Peculation
Specialized synonyms: Raid, Plunderage
Generic synonyms: Larceny, Stealing, Theft, Thievery, Thieving
Derivative terms: Defalcate, Embezzle, Misappropriate, Peculate

Definition of Embezzlement

1. 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.

Definition of Embezzlement

1. Noun. (legal business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Embezzlement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embezzlement

embellishing
embellishment
embellishments
embellisht
ember
ember-goose
emberizid
emberizids
emberizine
emberlike
embers
embetter
embetterment
embezzle
embezzled
embezzlement (current term)
embezzlements
embezzler
embezzlers
embezzles
embezzling
embiggen
embiggened
embiggening
embiggens
embillow
embiopteran
embiotocoid
embiotocoids
embitter

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