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appropriation, breach of trust, cheating, defalcation, fraud, fraudulent appropriation, fraudulent appropriation of money, fraudulent conversion, larceny, malversation, misappropriation, peculation, pilfering, purloining, stealing, swindle, theft, theft of money entrusted to one's care, theft of money entrusted to one's management, thievery, wrongful appropriation
associated concepts: conversion, corporate embezzlement, embezzlement of public funds, larceny, misappropriation, theft by means of embezzlement
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conversion (misappropriation), larceny, misappropriation, theft
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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in England, the crime of fraudulent appropriation by a clerk or servant to his own use of property delivered to or taken into possession of account of his employer. Since the Theft Act 1968 it is no longer an offence with a name of its own.In Scotland it is the felonious appropriation without the owner's consent by a person who has received a limited ownership of property subject to restoration at a future time or with an obligation to account for it to the owner. The distinction between theft and embezzlement is not important in Scotland.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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The crime of stealing the funds or property of an employer, company, or government or misappropriating money or assets held in trust.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. The illegal taking of property under one's care, particularly property to which one has a public trust or fiduciary duty.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The fraudulent conversion of another's property by a person who is in a position of trust, such as an agent or employee.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The fraudulent conversion of another's property by a person who is in a position of trust, such as an agent or employee.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.