English dictionary

embezzle

/E/m'b/E/z/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

verb.possession

Examples
The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family.

Synonyms defalcate malversate misappropriate peculate

Source: WordNet 3.0
To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to <i>embezzle</i> money held in trust.

verb

Source: webster1913