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.
Use in sentences of EMBEZZLE
Meaning of EMBEZZLE in English
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.
To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.