Embezzlement vs Mugging - What's the difference?

embezzlement | mugging |


As nouns the difference between embezzlement and mugging

is that embezzlement is (legal|business) the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner while mugging is a quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.

As a verb mugging is

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embezzlement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

    • Related terms

    * embezzle

    See also

    * forgery * fraud * larceny * quackery * usury

    mugging

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place.
    • There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.

    Verb

    (head)