to embezzle

Examples

• All

• Hannah's father had been the president of a local bank and had been convicted of embezzling thousands of dollars.

  Fiction book (1997)

• To pay for it, he probably would have to embezzle from university research accounts.

  Fiction book (1999)

• That would be a fraudulent way to embezzle money from the British government.

  Made in Romania (2010)

• Mr. Flintstone, you are about to embezzle a great deal of money.

  The Flintstones (1994)

• Groups of officers received long prison terms for embezzling funds from an Air Force academy.

  Academic text (1997)

• How many times have we seen people embezzle tens of thousands from their employer and get probation?

  Blog text (21)

• The man in charge of your inheritance embezzled the money.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Woman Guilty of Embezzling $200,000 from Education Nonprofit

  Academic text (2016)

• The school administrator should resist the temptation to embezzle UBE funds.

  Academic text (2007)

• Honestly, I try to tune out all of the audit talk, but there was this one story about this comptroller guy in Tacoma, Washington, who embezzled $25 million.

  Queenpins (2021)

Synonyms

S

to steal

vsto embezzle

∞ 1.0

Take something that does not belong to you without permission

adds that the act breaches an entrusted role and is for personal gain

D

to defraud

vsto embezzle

• Formal

40 6.9

To illegally get money or things from someone by lying

focuses on breaching trust specifically not just deception against anyone

S

to swindle

vsto embezzle

20 5.5

To cheat someone and take their money by lying

involves taking from a person you were trusted to serve or employ

S

to siphon off

vsto embezzle

5 7.9

To secretly take money from a business or charity for your own use

implies taking trusted funds directly from employer or account

M

to misappropriate

vsto embezzle

• Formal

5 8.4

To take money or things you were trusted with and use them yourself

focuses more on stealing from a position of trust often employer

D

to defalcate

vsto embezzle

• Formal

9.9

To steal money that was given to you to look after

means taking money trusted to you often from your employer

P

to peculate

vsto embezzle

• Formal

9.9

To steal money or property that someone trusted you to keep

is the same idea but emphasizes employer or entrusted position theft

M

to malversate

vsto embezzle

• NSFW

9.9

To take money that people trust you to keep and use it for yourself

is closer to taking trusted money at work rather than general theft

Antonyms

R

return

231 1.0

An act of giving something back to its owner

R

to reimburse

63 5.3

To pay back money someone spent for you

How Serious

to defraud

• Formal

40 6.9

to embezzle

28 8.1

to steal

∞ 1.0

to pilfer

16 6.5

Surface Forms

Etymology