EMBEZZLEMENT

EMBEZZLEMENT. → General scriptures concerning Lu 16:1-7 → See DISHONESTY → See FRAUD

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embezzlement. Embezzlement, n. fraud by using anothers property for one's own benefit

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Em‐bez″zle‐ment (?), n. The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's money; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge. ☞ Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from another's possession; embezzlement denotes an appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute.