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Adjective: embezzled  em'bezuld
  1. Taken for your own use in violation of a trust
    "the banker absconded with embezzled funds"
    - misappropriated
Verb: embezzle  em'bezul
  1. 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"
    - defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate

See also: embezzlement, embezzler, illegal

Type of: steal

Encyclopedia: Embezzle

Embezzled