transitive. To make away with, misappropriate; to steal, esp. under circumstances which involve a breach of trust; to pilfer, filch. Now frequently…

(The only current sense.) To divert to one's own use (money, etc.) in violation of trust or official duty.

esp. To divert to one's own use or profit; to appropriate, embezzle.

transitive. To embezzle, pilfer, or misappropriate (money).

transitive. To appropriate or assign wrongly; esp. to apply dishonestly (money belonging to another) to one's own use; to embezzle. Also in…

Now chiefly Nigerian English and East African. to eat money: to acquire money dishonestly; to misappropriate, extort, or embezzle funds. Cf. chop, v.6…

U.S. slang. To appropriate or embezzle (esp. passengers' fares).

transitive. To use (funds) for purposes other than those for which they were intended, to misappropriate.