EMBEZZLE

embezzle. Embezzle, v.t. to defraud by appropriating to one's own use, what is entrusted to one's care

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Em‐bez″zle (ĕm‐bĕz″z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embezzled (–z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling (?).] [[Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.]] 1. 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. 2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.