Verb: embezzle em'be-zul
- Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
"The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family";
- defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate [archaic]
Derived forms: embezzling, embezzled, embezzles
Type of: rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], steal
Encyclopedia: Embezzle