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embezzle defalcate peculate misappropriate malversate

Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use WordNet 3.0

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Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care. OmegaWiki

To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works. Wiktionary

To steal money that one has been trusted with. Wiktionary (translation)

The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate

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embezzle

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embezzle

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