HyperDic: malversate

English > 1 sense of the word malversate:
VERBpossessionmalversate, embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriateappropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
English > malversate: 1 sense > verb 1, possession
MeaningAppropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Synonymsembezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate
Narrowerfiddlecommit fraud / fraud and steal from one's employer
Broadersteal, rip off, ripTake without the owner's consent
Spanishmalversar
Catalanmalversar
Nounsmalversationmisconduct in public office

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