embezzlement 音标拼音: [ɛmb'ɛzəlmənt]
n . 盗用,挪用,侵占
盗用,挪用,侵占
embezzlement n 1 :
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else [
synonym :
{
embezzlement }, {
peculation }, {
defalcation },
{
misapplication }, {
misappropriation }]
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 Webster ]
Note :
Larceny denotes a taking ,
by fraud or stealth ,
from another '
s possession ;
embezzlement denotes an appropriation ,
by fraud or stealth ,
of property already in the wrongdoer '
s possession .
In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute .
[
1913 Webster ]
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
embezzlement ":
abstraction ,
abuse ,
abuse of office ,
annexation ,
appropriation ,
befoulment ,
boosting ,
conversion ,
conveyance ,
corrupt administration ,
debasement ,
defalcation ,
defilement ,
desecration ,
diversion ,
filching ,
fouling ,
fraud ,
graft ,
larceny ,
liberation ,
lifting ,
maladministration ,
malfeasance ,
malpractice ,
malversation ,
misapplication ,
misappropriation ,
misconduct ,
misemployment ,
misfeasance ,
mishandling ,
mismanagement ,
misusage ,
misuse ,
misusing ,
peculation ,
perversion ,
pilferage ,
pilfering ,
pinching ,
poaching ,
pollution ,
poor stewardship ,
profanation ,
prostitution ,
purloining ,
scrounging ,
shoplifting ,
snatching ,
sneak thievery ,
snitching ,
stealage ,
stealing ,
swindle ,
swiping ,
theft ,
thievery ,
thieving ,
violation EMBEZZLEMENT ,
crim .
law .
The fraudulently removing and secreting of personal property ,
with which the party has been entrusted ,
for the purpose of applying it to his own use .
2 .
The Act of April 30 ,
1790 ,
s .
16 ,
1 Story ,
L .
U .
S .
86 ,
provides ,
that if any person ,
within any of the laces under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States ,
or upon the high seas ,
shall take and carry away ,
with an intent to steal or purloin ,
the personal goods of another ;
or if any person or persons ,
having ,
at any time hereafter ,
the charge or custody of any arms ,
ordnance ,
munition ,
shot ,
powder ,
or habiliments of war ,
belonging to the .
United States ,
or of any victuals provided for the victualling of any soldiers ,
gunners ,
marines ,
or pioneers ,
shall ,
for any lucre or gain ,
or wittingly ,
advisedly ,
and of purpose to hinder or impede the service of the United States ,
embezzle ,
purloin ,
or convey away ,
any of the said arms ,
ordnance ,
munition ,
shot or powder ,
habiliments of war ,
or victuals ,
that then ,
and in every of the cases aforesaid ,
the persons so offending ,
their counsellors ,
aiders and abettors ,
(
knowing of ,
and privy to the offences aforesaid ,)
shall ,
on conviction ,
be fined ,
not exceeding the fourfold value of the property so stolen ,
embezzled or purloined the one moiety to be paid to the owner of the goods ,
or the United States ,
as the case may be ,
and the other moiety to the informer and prosecutor ,
and be publicly whipped ,
not exceeding thirty -
nine stripes .
3 .
The Act of April 20 ,
1818 ,
3 Story ,
1715 ,
directs that wines and distilled spirits shall ,
in certain cases ,
be deposited in the public warehouses of the United States ,
and then it is enacted ,
s .
5 ,
that if any wines ,
or other spirits ,
deposited under the provisions of this act ,
shall be embezzled ,
or fraudulently hid or removed ,
from any store or place wherein they shall have been deposited ,
they shall be forfeited ,
and the person or persons so embezzling ,
hiding ,
or removing the same ,
or aiding or assisting therein ,
shall be liable to the same pains and penalties as if such wines or spirits had been fraudulently unshipped or landed without payment of duty .
4 .
By the 21st section of the act to reduce into one the several acts establishing and regulating the post -
office ,
passed March 3 ,
1825 ,
3 Story ,
1991 ,
the offence of embezzling letters is punished with fine and imprisonment .
Vide Letter .
5 .
The act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States ,
and for other purposes ,
passed March 3 ,
1825 ,
s .
24 ,
3 Story ,
2006 ,
enacts ,
that if any of the gold or silver coins which shall be struck or coined at the mint of the United States ,
shall be debased ,
or made worse ,
as to the proportion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained ,
or shall be of less weight or value than the same ought to be ,
pursuant to the several acts relative thereto ,
through the default or with the connivance of any of the officers or persons who shall be employed at the said mint ,
for the purpose of profit or gain ,
or otherwise ,
with a fraudulent intent and if any of the said officers or persons shall embezzle any of the metals which shall ,
at any time ,
be committed to their charge for the purpose of being coined ;
or any of the coins which shall be struck or coined ,
at the said mint ;
every such officer ,
or person who shall commit any ,
or either ,
of the said offences ,
shall be deemed guilty of felony ,
and shall be sentenced to imprisonment and hard labor for a term not less than one year ,
nor more than ten years ,
and shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars .
6 .
When an embezzlement of a part of the cargo takes place on board of a ship ,
either from the fault ,
fraud ,
connivance or negligence of any of the crow ,
they are bound to contribute to the reparation of the loss ,
in proportion to their wages .
When the embezzlement is fixed on any individual ,
he is solely responsible ;
when it is made by the crew ,
or some of the crew ,
but the particular offender is unknown ,
and from the circumstances of the case ,
strong presumptions of guilt apply to the whole crew ,
all must contribute .
The presumption of innocence is always in favor of the crew ,
and the guilt of the parties must be established ,
beyond all reasonable doubt ,
before they can be required to contribute .
1 Mason '
s R .
104 ;
4 B . &
P .
347 ;
3 Johns .
Rep .
17 ;
1 Marsh .
Ins .
241 ;
Dane '
s Ab .
Index ,
h .
t .;
Wesk .
Ins .
194 ;
3 Kent ,
Com .,
151 ;
Hardin ,
529 .
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