Em‐bez″zle (ĕm‐bĕz″z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Embezzled (–z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Embezzling (?).] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.] 1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.