embezzled

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embezzled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Embezzle \Em*bez"zle\ ([e^]m*b[e^]z"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Embezzled ([e^]m*b[e^]z"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Embezzling.] [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.
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     2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
        [Obs.]
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              To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
                                                    --Sharp.
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  embezzled \embezzled\ adj.
     1. taken for one's own use in violation of a trust; -- of
        money; as, the banker absconded with embezzled payroll;
        the embezzled funds amounted to millions of dollars.
  
     Syn: misappropriated.
          [WordNet 1.5]

embezzled - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  embezzled
      adj 1: taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the
             banker absconded with embezzled funds" [syn: embezzled,
             misappropriated]