EMBEZZLE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.

2.
v.

To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.] To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.


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