malversate

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verb

appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
- The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
• Syn:
embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate
• Derivationally related forms:
malversation, misappropriation (for: misappropriate), peculation (for: peculate), peculator (for: peculate), defalcation (for: defalcate), defalcator (for: defalcate), embezzlement (for: embezzle), embezzler (for: embezzle)
• Hypernyms:
steal
• Hyponyms:
fiddle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody