embezzlement
11embezzlement — A form of theft in which an employee dishonestly appropriates money or property given to him or her on behalf of an employer. The special offence of embezzlement ceased to exist in 1969 …
12embezzlement — noun four corporate managers were indicted for embezzlement Syn: misappropriation, theft, stealing, robbery, thieving, pilfering, purloining, pilferage, appropriation, swindling; fraud, larceny …
13embezzlement — /ɪm bez(ə)lmənt/ noun the act of embezzling ● He was sent to prison for six months for embezzlement …
14embezzlement — The fraudulent appropriation of property by one lawfully entrusted with its possession. To embezzle means willfully to take, or convert to one s own use, another s money or property, of which the wrongdoer acquired possession lawfully, by reason… …
15embezzlement — The fraudulent appropriation of property by one lawfully entrusted with its possession. To embezzle means willfully to take, or convert to one s own use, another s money or property, of which the wrongdoer acquired possession lawfully, by reason… …
16embezzlement — A statutory offense, not a common law crime; the fraudulent appropriation or conversion by an agent, an employee, a corporate officer, a trustee, a public officer, or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity or character, of money or property …
17embezzlement — embezzle ► VERB ▪ steal or misappropriate (money placed in one s trust or under one s control). DERIVATIVES embezzlement noun embezzler noun. ORIGIN Old French embesiler, from besiler destroy, maltreat …
18embezzlement by bailee — The offense of embezzlement committed by one in possession of the converted or misappropriated property as bailee. Although the hirer of property has been held not to be within a statute of embezzlement which includes any bailee or other agent,… …
19embezzlement by fiduciary — The crime of embezzlement committed by an executor, administrator, guardian, or broker. 26 Am J2d Embez § 31. A statute defining embezzlement by a trustee or factor, carrier or bailee, applies to trustees, factors, carriers, or bailees for… …
20embezzlement by agent — The crime of embezzlement committed by one in possession of the converted or misappropriated property by virtue of his employment by a principal and the delegation of authority to do something in the name and stead of such principal. 26 Am J2d… …
