embezzlement

em·bez·zle  (m-bzl)

tr.v. em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling, em·bez·zles

To take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust.

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[Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman enbesiler : Old French en-, intensive pref.; see en-¹ + Old French besillier, to ravage.]

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em·bezzle·ment n.

em·bezzler n.

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embezzlement

the misappropriation of funds that have been entrusted to one for care or management. Also called peculation. — embezzler, n.

See also: Theft

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

embezzlement - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else misappropriation, peculation, defalcation, misapplication raid - an attempt by speculators to defraud investors plunderage - the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

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embezzlement

noun misappropriation, stealing, robbing, fraud, pocketing, theft, robbery, nicking (slang), chiefly Brit. pinching (informal) appropriation, siphoning off, thieving, pilfering, larceny, purloining, filching, pilferage, peculation, defalcation Law

Translations

embezzlement [ɪmˈbɛzlmənt] n → desfalco, malversación f

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embezzlement [ɪmˈbɛzlmənt] n → détournement m (de fonds)

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embezzlement [ɪmˈbɛzlmənt] embezzle n → Unterschlagung f

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embezzlement [ɪmˈbɛzlmənt] n → appropriazione f indebita; malversazione f