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Embezzle   /ɪmbˈɛzəl/   Listen
Embezzle

verb
(past & past part. embezzled; pres. part. embezzling)
1.
Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.  Synonyms: defalcate, malversate, misappropriate, peculate.



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"Embezzle" Quotes from Famous Books



... what difficulties and stops hath been, to let the obtaining of the seal of the university, notwithstanding the conclusion passed and agreed unto by the more part of the faculty, by reason of such oppositions as the adversary part hath made to embezzle the determination that it should not take effect nor go forth in that same form as it was concluded, it may please your Grace, to be advertised by this bearer, Master Fox; who, with his prudence, diligence, and great exercise ...
— The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) • James Anthony Froude



Words linked to "Embezzle" :   fiddle, steal



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