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embezzle 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
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/emˈbezəl/,
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embezzles, 3rd person singular present; embezzling, present participle; embezzled, past tense; embezzled, past participle;
  1. Steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works)
    • - she had embezzled $5,600,000 in company funds
  1. 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"
  2. (embezzled) taken for your own use in violation of a trust; "the banker absconded with embezzled funds"
  3. (embezzlement) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
  4. Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted.
  5. To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from one's employer
  6. (Embezzlement) The unlawful misappropriation or misapplication by an offender to his/her own use or purpose of money, property, or some other thing of value entrusted to his/her care, custody, or control.
  7. (embezzlement) n. the crime of stealing the funds or property of an employer, company or government or misappropriating money or assets held in trust.
  8. (Embezzlement) The fraudulent taking of personal property with which on has been entrusted, most often involving a fiduciary. The necessary criminal intent is present after taking possession of the property.
  9. (Embezzlement) In most States, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings.
  10. (Embezzlement) Criminal misappropriation of goods or money by a person, partner or servant entrusted with such money or goods.
  11. (Embezzlement) The unlawful misappropriation of funds by a person or persons who work at a bank, business, or other organization. Embezzlement is illegal and the embezzler, if caught, is usually prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
  12. (Embezzlement) Theft of money or property from a business by an individual in whose custody it has been placed. An example is a bookkeeper who steals from the petty cash fund.
  13. (Embezzlement) This is an economic crime that most commonly occurs where one person entrusts another with money (or access to it, which is, of course, the same thing), and the person entrusted steals the money or otherwise appropriates it improperly to his own use. ...
  14. (Embezzlement) this happens if a person steals money which they are responsible for. For example, the director of the 'widget' company was found guilty of embezzling the company funds.
  15. Embezzlement is taking the organization’s funds for one’s own benefit or private gains and transferring it illegally in one’s name.
  16. The illegal transfer of money or property that, although possessed legally by the embezzler, is diverted to the embezzler personally by his or her fraudulent action. ...
  17. (v.) to steal money by falsifying records (The accountant was fired for embezzling €10,000 of the company’s funds.)
  18. To use money fraudulently for one’s own use.
  19. to wronfully use for one's benefit