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embezzlement

noun

1 embezzlement

The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.

synonyms: defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation.

Roget 791: stealing etc. v.; theft, thievery, latrociny, direption; abstraction, appropriation; plagiary, plagiarism; autoplagiarism; latrocinium.    spoliation, ... show more

Dutch: verdonkeremaning, ontvreemding, malversatie, verduistering
Polish: malwersacja, defraudacja


Moby thesaurus: abstraction, abuse, abuse of office, annexation, appropriation, befoulment, boosting, conversion, conveyance, corrupt administration, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, diversion, filching, fouling, fraud, graft, larceny ... show more.

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