malversate

verb

appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

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The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family

• Syn: ↑embezzle, ↑defalcate, ↑peculate, ↑misappropriate

• Derivationally related forms:

↑malversation, ↑misappropriation (for: ↑misappropriate), ↑peculation (for: ↑peculate), ↑peculator (for: ↑peculate), ↑defalcation (for: ↑defalcate), ↑defalcator (for: ↑defalcate), ↑embezzlement (for: ↑embezzle), ↑embezzler (for: ↑embezzle)

• Hypernyms: ↑steal

• Hyponyms: ↑fiddle

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something from somebody