embezzlement of property

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• embezzlement — A statutory offense, not a common law crime; the fraudulent appropriation or conversion by an agent, an employee, a corporate officer, a trustee, a public officer, or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity or character, of money or property …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• embezzlement — I noun appropriation, breach of trust, cheating, defalcation, fraud, fraudulent appropriation, fraudulent appropriation of money, fraudulent conversion, larceny, malversation, misappropriation, peculation, pilfering, purloining, stealing, swindle …   Law dictionary

• Embezzlement — Em*bez zle*ment, n. The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer s money; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Property crime — is a category of crime that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism. Property crime only involves the taking of money or property, and does not involve force or threat of… …   Wikipedia

• Embezzlement — Embezzler redirects here. For the film, see The Embezzler. Criminal law …   Wikipedia

• embezzlement — See embezzle. * * * Crime of fraudulently appropriating property entrusted to one s care and converting it to one s own use. It occurs when a person gains possession of goods lawfully and then misappropriates them. It thus stands in contrast to… …   Universalium

• property law — Introduction       principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …   Universalium

• embezzlement by bailee — The offense of embezzlement committed by one in possession of the converted or misappropriated property as bailee. Although the hirer of property has been held not to be within a statute of embezzlement which includes any bailee or other agent,… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• embezzlement — The fraudulent appropriation of property by one lawfully entrusted with its possession. To embezzle means willfully to take, or convert to one s own use, another s money or property, of which the wrongdoer acquired possession lawfully, by reason… …   Black's law dictionary

• embezzlement — The fraudulent appropriation of property by one lawfully entrusted with its possession. To embezzle means willfully to take, or convert to one s own use, another s money or property, of which the wrongdoer acquired possession lawfully, by reason… …   Black's law dictionary

• Property damage — Criminal law Part o …   Wikipedia