Embezzle (Verb)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The company's auditor discovered that the financial manager had embezzled millions of dollars to fund his lavish lifestyle.
- After years of embezzling funds from the charity, the treasurer was finally arrested and charged with felony theft.
- The university's accountant was fired and charged with embezzlement after an audit revealed that she had embezzled over $100,000.
- The CEO was accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the company to buy a private island and a yacht.
- Police launched an investigation into allegations that the town's mayor had embezzled funds meant for the local school district.