Embezzle
Pronunciation : Em*bez"zle
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.]
Definition : 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.
2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.] To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.
t. [imp. & p. p. Embezzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913