Embezzle Definition
ĕm-bĕzəl
embezzled, embezzles, embezzling
verb
embezzled, embezzles, embezzling
To steal (money, etc. entrusted to one's care); take by fraud for one's own use.
Webster's New World
To illegally misappropriate property under one’s care, particularly property to which one has a public trust or fiduciary duty.
Webster's New World Law
(law, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
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Origin of Embezzle
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Middle English embesilen from Anglo-Norman enbesiler Old French en- intensive pref. en–1 Old French besillier to ravage
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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1469, from Anglo-Norman embesiler (“to steal, cause to disappear”) (1305), from Old French besillier (“torment, destroy, gouge”), of unknown origin.
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