different between embezzle vs misappropriate
embezzle
English
Etymology
From Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-Norman embesiler, embesillier, embeseillier (“to steal, cause to disappear”), from em- + Old French besillier (“to torment, destroy, gouge”), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?b?z?l/
- Rhymes: -?z?l
Verb
embezzle (third-person singular simple present embezzles, present participle embezzling, simple past and past participle embezzled)
- (law, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
- 1903, H.G. Wells, 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, George Eliot, Silas Marner
- 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?
- 1903, H.G. Wells, Twelve Stories and a Dream
Synonyms
- defalcate
- have one's hand in the till
- misappropriate
- peculate
Derived terms
- embezzler
- embezzlement
Translations
References
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misappropriate
English
Etymology
mis- +? appropriate
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?s.??p???.p??.e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?s.??p?o?.p?i.e?t/
Verb
misappropriate (third-person singular simple present misappropriates, present participle misappropriating, simple past and past participle misappropriated)
- (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
- (transitive) To embezzle.
- The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.
Synonyms
- (take for wrong purposes): misuse
- (embezzle): defalcate, embezzle, peculate
Derived terms
- misappropriation
Translations
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