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embezzle — em·bez·zle /im be zəl/ vt em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling [Anglo French embeseiller to make away with, from en , prefix stressing completion + beseller to snatch, misappropriate, from Old French, to destroy]: to convert (property entrusted to one s… … Law dictionary
purloin — pur·loin /pər lȯin, pər ˌlȯin/ vt: steal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. purloin … Law dictionary
Embezzle — Em*bez zle ([e^]m*b[e^]z z l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embezzled} ([e^]m*b[e^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Embezzling}.] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. {Bezzle}.] 1. To appropriate fraudulently to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Embezzled — Embezzle Em*bez zle ([e^]m*b[e^]z z l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embezzled} ([e^]m*b[e^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Embezzling}.] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. {Bezzle}.] 1. To appropriate… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Embezzling — Embezzle Em*bez zle ([e^]m*b[e^]z z l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embezzled} ([e^]m*b[e^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Embezzling}.] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. {Bezzle}.] 1. To appropriate… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
embezzle — embezzlement, n. embezzler, n. /em bez euhl/, v.t., embezzled, embezzling. to appropriate fraudulently to one s own use, as money or property entrusted to one s care. [1375 1425; late ME embesilen < AF embeseiller to destroy, make away with,… … Universalium
bilk — I verb appropriate fraudulently, bait, bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, chisel, circumvent, cozen, cully, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, elude, embezzle, ensnare, entangle, evade, exploit, foist upon, fool, fraud, hoax, hoodwink … Law dictionary
embezzle — em•bez•zle [[t]ɛmˈbɛz əl[/t]] v. t. zled, zling to appropriate fraudulently to one s own use, as money entrusted to one s care • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < AF embeseiller to destroy, make away with = em I+beseiller, OF: to destroy… … From formal English to slang
embezzle — /ɛmˈbɛzəl / (say em bezuhl) verb (t) (embezzled, embezzling) to appropriate fraudulently to one s own use, as money or property entrusted to one s possession. {Middle English enbesyl(en), from Anglo French enbesiler, from en em 1 + beseler… …
embezzle funds — fraudulently appropriate sums of money entrusted to one s care, misappropriate funds, defraud … English contemporary dictionary
