Embezzlement - Law Dictionary Search Results
Misprision
mal-administration of such high officers as are in public trust and employment, usually punishable by parliamentary impeachment; also, embezzlement of the public money, punishable by fine and imprisonment; also, such contempts of the executive magistrate as demonstrate
a bag of letters carried by the post, or the vehicle which carries the letters. As to theft, embezzlement by Post Office officer, or receiving mail bag, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5,
Lapping
Lapping, means an embezzlement technique by which an employee takes funds from one customer's accounts receivable and covers it by using a
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Larceny
and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same theft Cf Embezzlement
Defrauder
One who defrauds a cheat an embezzler a peculator
Imbezzle
Imbezzle. to use for oneself money given to one to lookafter. See EMBEZZLE.
Depeculation
Depeculation, a robbing of the prince or common-wealth; an embezzling of the public treasure.
Criminal Law
tit. 'Criminal Law'; Stephen's Digest of the Criminal Law; Russell on Crimes; and see titles ARSON, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, EMBEZZLE-MENT, FALSE PRETENCES, LARCENY, MAN-SLAUGHTER, MURDER, RAPE, TREASON, and WOUNDING. The body of law defining offenses against the community
Peculate
to ones own use the property of the public to steal public moneys intrusted to ones care to embezzle
defalcation
pay over money that has been entrusted to one's care ;also : an instance of such failure compare embezzle, misappropriate NOTE: Defalcation does not necessarily involve culpability or misconduct. 2 : a failure to meet a promise
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