| VERB | possession | embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
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| Sounds | ihmbeh'zahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Model | They embezzle the money | |
| Example | "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" | |
| Synonyms | defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate | |
| Narrower | fiddle | commit fraud / fraud and steal from one's employer |
| Broader | steal | Take without the owner's consent |
| Nouns | embezzlement | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else |
| embezzler | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | |