The Collaborative International 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.]
To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
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To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
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Wiktionary
n. embezzlement vb. (present participle of embezzle English)
Usage examples of "embezzling".
As he struggled with the proof of past embezzling within the business, he could use some amusement.
He'll keep his mouth shut about your software lies if you give him the name of the top NASA executive with whom you're embezzling funds.
You can save yourself by giving him the name of the NASA exec with whom you're embezzling taxpayers' money.
You can tell the court what you told me—you're not embezzling funds and you didn't lie about the PODS software.
The embezzling story was ludicrous, of course, obviously disinformation from Achilles, though all the predictable nations were in an uproar about it, demanding inquiries: China, Russia, France.
Robinson was convicted of embezzling, misappropriation and foreign favors.