[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

embezzle \embez"zle\ e^mbe^z"z'l, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   embezzled e^mbe^z"z'ld; p. pr.  vb. n.
   embezzling. norm. f. embeseiller to destroy; cf. of.
   besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. cf. bezzle.
   1. to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property
      intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by
      a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
      1913 webster

   2. to misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
      obs.
      1913 webster

            to embezzle our money in drinking or gaming.
                                                  --sharp.
      1913 webster
see also:
embezzled embezzling bezzle 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

embezzle
     v : 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" syn: defalcate, peculate, misappropriate,
         malversate
see also:
defalcate peculate misappropriate malversate 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 moby thesaurus words for "embezzle":
   abstract, abuse, and, annex, appropriate, bag, befoul, boost,
   borrow, convert, cop, crib, debase, defalcate, defile, defraud,
   desecrate, divert, extort, filch, foul, hook, lift, loot,
   make off with, maladminister, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy,
   mishandle, mismanage, misuse, nip, palm, peculate, pervert, pilfer,
   pinch, poach, pollute, profane, prostitute, purloin, run away with,
   rustle, scrounge, shoplift, snare, snatch, snitch, steal, swindle,
   swipe, take, thieve, violate, walk off with

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