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Webster 1913 Edition
Embezzle
Em-bez′zle
(ĕm-bĕz′z’l)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Embezzled
(ĕm-bĕz′z’ld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Embezzling
.] 1.
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 trust2.
To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
[Obs.]
To
embezzle
our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.
Webster 1828 Edition
Embezzle
EMBEZ'ZLE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use what is entrusted to one's care and management. It differs from stealing and robbery in this, that the latter imply a wrongful taking of another's goods,but embezzlement denotes the wrongful appropriation and use of what came into possession by right. It is not uncommon for men entrusted with public money to embezzle it.2.
To waste; to dissipate in extravagance.When thou hast embezzled all thy store.