embezzled Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
    embezzle; misappropriate; defalcate; malversate; peculate.
    • The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
  2. adjective satellite taken for your own use in violation of a trust
    misappropriated.
    • the banker absconded with embezzled funds

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