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Definition of embezzled : of Embezzle

Synonyms:

misappropriated, illegal, taken

heisted, palmed, filched, stole, grabbed, looted, burglarized, pirated, extorted, swiped, abstracted, lifted, copped, defrauded, stolen, pocketed, held up, swindled, nipped, plundered, hijacked, poached, mugged, blackmailed, hauled, fleeced, robbed, rustled, plagiarized, pilfered, shoplifted

shanghaied

Usage examples:

• All which Pompey was ignorant of, but afterwards, when Pharnaces came to understand it, he severely punished those that embezzled them. - "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh.
• Here is the great financier, who has embezzled a million and a quarter, not because he needed money, but because people looked up to him. - "The Clue of the Twisted Candle", Edgar Wallace.
• I signified my surprise to Banter, who whispered in my ear, that the bulk of those present were sharpers, highwaymen, and apprentices, who, having embezzled their master's cash, made a desperate push in this place to make up their deficiencies. - "The Adventures of Roderick Random", Tobias Smollett.