— embezzlement , n. — embezzler , n.
/em bez"euhl/ , v.t., embezzled, embezzling .
to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care.
[ 1375-1425; late ME embesilen embeseiller to destroy, make away with, equiv. to em- EM- 1 + beseiller, OF beseiller to destroy ]
Syn . misappropriate.