"Embezzle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... such prize, he should be deemed guilty of piracy; but that with respect to contraband merchandise, he might take it on board his own ship, with the consent of the commander of the neutral vessel, and then set her at liberty; and that no person should purloin or embezzle the said merchandise before condemnation: that no judge, or other person belonging to any court of admiralty, should be concerned in any privateer: that owners of vessels, not being under fifty, or above one ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett |
