GRE Word List

EMBEZZLEMENT

to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

The meaning of the word embezzlement is to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.

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edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
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