to embezzle

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misappropriate
peculate
To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from one's employer

You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?.

to misappropriate secretly
{v} to defraud by appropriating to one's own use, what is entrusted to one's care
appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
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
To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance
The illegal transfer of money or property that, although possessed legally by the embezzler, is diverted to the embezzler personally by his or her fraudulent action For example, an employee would embezzle money from the employer or a public officer could embezzle money received during the course of their public duties and secretly convert it to their personal use
If someone embezzles money that their organization or company has placed in their care, they take it and use it illegally for their own purposes. One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds. to steal money from the place where you work (embeseiller, from besillier )
to steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from ones employer
{f} illegally appropriate money entrusted to one's care, defraud
to embezzle

    Hyphenation

    to em·bez·zle

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı îmbezıl

    Pronunciation

    /tə əmˈbezəl/ /tə ɪmˈbɛzəl/
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