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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use;
- Example: "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"
[syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

malversate
    v 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"
         [syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate,
         misappropriate, malversate]