EMBEZZLEMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("embezzlement" is a kind of...):

larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "embezzlement"):

raid (an attempt by speculators to defraud investors)

plunderage (the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard))

Derivation:

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