1. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
   "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
   - defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate

Derived forms: embezzles, embezzling, embezzled

See also: embezzlement, embezzler

Type of: steal

Encyclopedia: Embezzle

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