What's the difference?

What's the difference?

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Mate de Vita
Kelli

2008 Oct 4 • 2453
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Could someone please explain to me the difference between embezzlement and counterfeit? I mean, don't they both mean faking documents and stuff?
...and that's the bottom line because Mate de Vita said so.
 
 
 
2009 Jan 29 at 07:35 PST — Ed. 2009 Jan 29 at 07:35 PST
molkman
Owner of George Washington's Prototype Mittens

Marine Warfare Corporal
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2005 May 2 • 2066
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First one can only be used in connection with bumsex.
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2009 Jan 29 at 08:15 PST
eDan Co.
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Real Live Hands-On Rabbi Medal
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2007 Sep 24 • 2921
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I don't hear the word embezzlement used often enough to really tell you the difference in usage between the two.

Lots of couples of words in English have the same meaning except one small difference in which using the wrong preposition makes you accidentally say a fancy word for vagina.
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2009 Jan 29 at 10:17 PST
Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse

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2007 Oct 19 • 5486
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Counterfeit is an adjective - it tells you that certain documents or whatever are fake, you know. Embezzling is the act of stealing money by the use of counterfeit documents, maybe. Not always. There are many methods.
 
 
 
2009 Jan 29 at 11:02 PST
SuperJer
Websiteman

2005 Mar 20 • 6629
counterfeit: Fake documents, money, etc.

embezzlement: Stealing something you already have, but does not belong to you. For example if I trust you with handling my money and you take it for yourself and buy Thai prostitutes. It's not really stealing since I willingly gave it to you, it's embezzlement. And then I hire Anton to put a hole in the back of you're head. And that's conspiracy to commit murder.
 
 
 
2009 Jan 29 at 11:41 PST
Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse

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2007 Oct 19 • 5486
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2009 Jan 29 at 14:21 PST
aaronjer
*****'n Admin

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2005 Mar 21 • 4938
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I gave him a loan. A MURDER loan.
 
 
 
2009 Jan 29 at 16:34 PST
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