| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To abduct or hijack.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To entice or seduce. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To deflect, divert, reroute, return or turn. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To avert, redirect or obviate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To filch, thieve or purloin. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To exclude, evacuate or remove. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To steal or plunder. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To loot or pillage. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To sidestep or avoid.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb embezzle.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (embezzle) | 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".[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: embezzling, embezzled, embezzles, embezzler, embezzlers, embezzlingly and embezzledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "EMBEZZLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EMBEZZLING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Fraudulently applying to one's own use what is entrusted to one's care and employment.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of embezzle. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
