Embezzlement

Definition of Embezzlement

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 of some office or employment or position of trust. The elements of "embezzlement” are that there must be relationship such as that of employment or agency between the owner of the money and the defendant, the money alleged to have been embezzled must have come into the pos - session of defendant by virtue of that relationship and there must be an intentional and fraudulent appropriation or conversion of the money. State v.

Thyfault, 121 N.J.Super. 487, 297 A.2d 873, 879. The fraudulent conversion of the property of another by one who has lawful possession of the property and whose fraudulent conversion has been made punishable by statute. See also Conversion.

That's the definition of Embezzlement in Black's Law Dictionary 6th Edition. Courtesy of Cekhukum.com.

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