embezzled

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

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.
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