English dictionary
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English verb: embezzle | |||
| 1. | embezzle (possession) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | ||
| Samples | The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family. | ||
| Examples | They embezzle the money | ||
| Synonyms | defalcate, malversate, misappropriate, peculate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | steal | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fiddle | ||
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