Definitions

embezzle

[em-bez-uhl] / ɛmˈbɛz əl /

VERB

steal money, often from employer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate filch loot misappropriate misuse pilfer purloin skim

STRONG

abstract defalcate forge misapply peculate thieve

WEAK

put hand in cookie jar put hand in till

Antonyms

STRONGEST

give receive

WEAK

compensate pay reimburse return

Example Sentences

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Embezzle, em-bez′l, v.t. to appropriate fraudulently what has been entrusted.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The same Penalty will be inflicted upon every person who is found to Embezzle, Trade, or Offer to Trade with any of the Ship's Stores of what Nature so ever.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

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