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embezzle

verb

/ɛmˈbɛzəl/

Meaning

to steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one's care

The accountant was arrested for embezzling company funds.

embezzle funds

misappropriate, steal, defraud, pilfer, swindle

return, repay, reimburse

embezzle money, embezzle funds, embezzled assets

to carry out a task badly or carelessly

Extend the application of something to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will co...

to make legally null and void; to cancel or invalidate

To surprise or frighten someone suddenly.

Destroy utterly; obliterate; reduce to nothing.

to smile or speak in a mocking or contemptuous way