VERB | possession | malversate, embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
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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 | |
Synonyms | embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate | |
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 | malversation | misconduct in public office |
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