As verbs the difference between embezzle and misappropriate
is that
embezzle is (legal|business) to steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from one's employer while
misappropriate is to use something wrongly, or illegally.
embezzle English
Verb
( en-verb)
(legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
* 1903, , Twelve Stories and a Dream
- You waste your education in burglary. You should do one of two things. Either you should forge or you should embezzle'. For my own part, I ' embezzle .
* 1861,
- You let Dunsey have it, sir? And how long have you been so thick with Dunsey that you must collogue with him to embezzle my money?
Synonyms
* defalcate
* misappropriate
* peculate
Derived terms
* embezzler
* embezzlement
References
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misappropriate English
Verb
(misappropriat)
To use something wrongly, or illegally
To embezzle
Synonyms
(use wrongly)
* misuse
(embezzle)
* defalcate
* embezzle
* peculate
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