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EMBEZZLED
embezzled, misappropriated
(adjective) taken for your own use in violation of a trust; “the banker absconded with embezzled funds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
embezzled
simple past tense and past participle of embezzle
Source: Wiktionary
EMBEZZLE
Em*bez"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embezzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling.] Etym: [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.]
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 trust.
2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.] To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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