malversate
English Thesaurus
1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use (verb.possession)
| hypernym | : | steal, |
| definition | : | take without the owner's consent (verb.possession) |
| hyponym | : | fiddle, |
| definition | : | commit fraud and steal from one's employer (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | malversation, |
| definition | : | misconduct in public office (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation, |
| definition | : | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | defalcator, embezzler, peculator, |
| definition | : | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | malversation, |
| definition | : | misconduct in public office (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation, |
| definition | : | the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | defalcator, embezzler, peculator, |
| definition | : | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use (noun.person) |
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