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Definition of Embezzler
1. Noun. Someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use.
Generic synonyms: Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster, Stealer, Thief
Derivative terms: Defalcate, Embezzle, Peculate
Definition of Embezzler
1. n. One who embezzles.
Definition of Embezzler
1. Noun. one who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embezzler
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embezzler
Literary usage of Embezzler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Sweden from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Neander Nicolas Cronholm (1902)
"... to Upsala—Battle—Funeral Pyre of Hakon—Jorund King—Ane King—Invasion of the
Danes—Ane Sacrifices Nine Sons—Death—Egil King—Treasurer Tunne embezzler— ..."
2. Speeches of William Jennings Bryan by William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1909)
"The official who uses his position to secure a pecuniary advantage at the expense
of those for whom he acts is an embezzler of power—and an embezzler of ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"With quite as much reason might it be urged that the principal could not take
from the embezzler the money, if found upon his person, because he can be ..."
4. In His Image by William Jennings Bryan (1922)
"The official who uses his position to secure a pecuniary advantage over the public
is an embezzler of power—and an embezzler of power is as guilty of moral ..."
5. Department Reports of the State of Ohio: Containing the Decisions, Opinions (1916)
"Ordinarily a claim by the defendant that he was not an embezzler but a thief ...
It is, however, but just to say that as compared with an embezzler a thief ..."
6. A History of Sweden from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Neander Nicolas Cronholm (1902)
"... to Upsala—Battle—Funeral Pyre of Hakon—Jorund King—Ane King—Invasion of the
Danes—Ane Sacrifices Nine Sons—Death—Egil King—Treasurer Tunne embezzler— ..."
7. Speeches of William Jennings Bryan by William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1909)
"The official who uses his position to secure a pecuniary advantage at the expense
of those for whom he acts is an embezzler of power—and an embezzler of ..."
8. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"With quite as much reason might it be urged that the principal could not take
from the embezzler the money, if found upon his person, because he can be ..."
9. In His Image by William Jennings Bryan (1922)
"The official who uses his position to secure a pecuniary advantage over the public
is an embezzler of power—and an embezzler of power is as guilty of moral ..."
10. Department Reports of the State of Ohio: Containing the Decisions, Opinions (1916)
"Ordinarily a claim by the defendant that he was not an embezzler but a thief ...
It is, however, but just to say that as compared with an embezzler a thief ..."
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