embezzle (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *embezzle*:
VERB	possession	embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate	appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

embezzle > pronunciation
Sounds	ihmbeh'zahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *embezzle*: 1 sense > verb 1, possession
Meaning	Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
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, rip off, rip	Take without the owner's consent
Spanish	malversar
Catalan	malversar
Nouns	embezzlement	the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
Nouns	embezzler	someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use

HyperDic: embezzle