defalcation

English Thesaurus

1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else (noun.act)

hypernym	:	larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving,
definition	:	the act of taking something from someone unlawfully (noun.act)

hyponym	:	raid,
definition	:	an attempt by speculators to defraud investors (noun.act)

hyponym	:	plunderage,
definition	:	the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) (noun.act)

2. the sum of money that is misappropriated (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money,
definition	:	a quantity of money (noun.possession)

3. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else (noun.act)

derivation	:	defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate,
definition	:	appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use (verb.possession)

derivation	:	defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate,
definition	:	appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use (verb.possession)